Example sentences of "'ve spent a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What sort of thing — talking to a woman after you 've spent a weekend in bed with her ? ’ |
| 2 | I think that means we 've spent a bit more than we planned . |
| 3 | I 've spent a fortune in this place and all I 'm asking for is a reduction in the service charge . ’ |
| 4 | Managers say they 've spent a fortune on sound proofing |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I 've spent a year doing what the Thing 's told me and I 've never had so much as a ‘ thank you ’ , ’ said Masklin . |
| 6 | I 've spent a year … polishing brass , chipping rust , and slapping paint on bulkheads , and so far as being a deck officer goes , I 'm just where I started . ’ |
| 7 | I 've spent a lifetime meeting the right sort of people . ’ |
| 8 | When you 've spent a lifetime looking after OTHER people , it 's nice to be pampered for a change . |
| 9 | I I 've spent a fiver on . |
| 10 | I 've spent a lot of time and effort getting this far . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've spent a lot of money on you , ' ’ they told the animal ‘ 'why are n't you performing ? ' ’ ''Ah , ’ replied the bull , ‘ 'I was only sent here in an advisory capacity . ' ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time in Paris , ’ explains Caine , ‘ and the result is I 'm now a committed Francophile . |
| 13 | I 've spent a lot of time on this . ’ |
| 14 | One friend said : ‘ They 've spent a lot of time together and there is no problem there . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We 've spent a lot of money increasing and improving the toilets , ’ says Windsor 's Eram Osman , who added : ‘ It does n't matter so much for men — they can always go behind the bushes and we have plenty of those here . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time on the Heath lately , ’ Bill says . |
| 17 | I 've spent a lot of time on this job — or rather wasted a lot of time — it meant a great deal to me . " |
| 18 | See you 've got to get rid of all that because at the back of your mind you 're still saying , Well I 've spent a lot of money still only done part of the job . |
| 19 | Adrian says they 've spent a lot of time in the water … tweaking this and tweaking that and making sure that it has come through production with flying colours … |
| 20 | The funny thing was , her dad said to her right you 've spent a lot of money . |
| 21 | And it is true that , I mean , well , you know , I 've spent a lot of time reviving typefaces that are not around , I mean , you know , propping them up , creating a waxed edition , sort of Madam Tussauds version of Lucien or something , but it 's very interesting — there is not , in type development terms , there is n't a whole lot that has happened after the Second World War that really turns me on . |
| 22 | For experts who 've spent a career bringing pneumoconiosis under control , these revelations are deeply disturbing . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've spent an hour and a half together without a raised voice or a clenched fist ! |
| 24 | Switch across to the Boost channel on OD2 and the setting still holds good for that real processed , ‘ I 've spent an arm and a leg on my effects rack ’ sound . |