Example sentences of "they spent a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They spent a night being monitored by infra-red cameras and many hours submitting to psychotherapy . |
| 2 | They spent a year painting designs on the walls , finding new designer furniture to replace the old and making modest alterations like removing doors to create space and light . |
| 3 | Now they spent a year and the officers were allowed to bring their wives . |
| 4 | ‘ They spent a fortune developing the place , ’ the Maggot said , ‘ but the rich folks never came , so they sold it to the rich dickheads instead . ’ |
| 5 | Some of these students became interested in teaching English to ethnic minority groups when , as part of the course , they spent a period of teaching practice in a school with an ESL Language Unit . |
| 6 | When Pamela 's parents were interviewed they spent a lot of time emphasizing how necessary they thought it was to discipline Pamela . |
| 7 | His parents lived on the Isle of Skye where they spent a lot of time observing the habits of the puffins on the beach . |
| 8 | In the next few weeks they spent a lot of time together . |
| 9 | Oh yeah , we 've got the analysis we 've got the questionnaires Okay what we 're gon na look at now is we gon na look at the work of Honey and Munnford and what Honey and Munnford spent a lot of time researching was people 's learning sides and they spent a lot of research and what they found out is that there are four different learning sides and we all learn in different ways . |
| 10 | Scotland was well endowed with its own gangsters in the '60s , but local sociology ensured that most of them never became famous , unless of course they spent a lifetime suffering in brutal prison cells and re-emerged as award-winning sculptors . |
| 11 | ‘ Once they had finished filming they spent a week clearing up and putting everything back perfectly . ’ |
| 12 | and erm Wickham Market had erm Machine Centre erm , that was used during the war for erm certain courses er particularly for erm tractor drivers , they used to er have a week 's course , they had to apply to the Education Committee and er we got these applications in and erm they spent a week at Wickham Market , then in they used to stay in lodgings if they came from great distances and erm they would learn about the maintenance of erm of tractors and er , I suppose it 's quite a good thing really because er , it was difficult to get any repairs done in those days |