Example sentences of "spent [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1	I had spent the few months before brimming over with excitement and anticipation for when my time would come to leave what had been my place of education for the previous four years .
2	He had been Sam 's best customer during his vacation , had spent a few pounds on skates and cycles , and had in fact hired these for days at a time .
3	Dana and I had already spent a few weekends in Madrid , travelling by bus via Avila through wonderful country .
4	And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again .
5	I think he got on er , quite well down there , because he 'd spent a few days up here he had a better idea of what he wanted to ask , and what he wanted to talk about and so on , but erm , only because his deadline 's and
6	Advertising is such a complicated business that you may be able to assimilate it better if you have spent a few years " knocking-around " — travelling perhaps , or working in a shop or doing different kinds of jobs .
7	Having spent a few years in both camps the matter was resolved in 1981 when Stoddards and Templetons were merged .
8	I just wondered if someone who had spent a few years in medical school might take a job away from the field … just for a summer .
9	I have always regretted the fact that the unhappiest part of my life was spent a few miles away from Riggindale , and I never visited it .
10	Having just spent a few nights in a major-accident ward , I 'd rather be late than hurry . ’
11	In fact , I do n't know an actor who was n't actually brought up in LA and who has n't spent a few nights on the beach .
12	They had always spent a few weeks every year in Ireland , relaxing and visiting old friends .

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