Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] spent a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | I 've spent a fortune in this place and all I 'm asking for is a reduction in the service charge . ’ |
| 4 | I 've spent a lifetime meeting the right sort of people . ’ |
| 5 | I 've spent a lot of time and effort getting this far . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time in Paris , ’ explains Caine , ‘ and the result is I 'm now a committed Francophile . |
| 7 | I 've spent a lot of time on this . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time on the Heath lately , ’ Bill says . |
| 9 | I 've spent a lot of time on this job — or rather wasted a lot of time — it meant a great deal to me . " |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I I 've spent a fiver on . |
| 13 | During the last two years I have spent a total of 15 minutes a day with my son 's diaper bucket and can deal quickly with even the most challenging mess . |
| 14 | Anna and I have spent a lot of time talking about food . |
| 15 | I have spent a deal of time these past few years on cultivating you , submitting you to a species of metaphysical topiary , clipping , pruning , stunting . |
| 16 | For experts who 've spent a career bringing pneumoconiosis under control , these revelations are deeply disturbing . |
| 17 | If you 've spent a £145,000 on the standard Virage , you do n't want to put your muddy labrador on the back seat , messing up the leather , so it 's much better to actually have some space in the back for it . |
| 18 | ‘ What sort of thing — talking to a woman after you 've spent a weekend in bed with her ? ’ |
| 19 | The funny thing was , her dad said to her right you 've spent a lot of money . |
| 20 | When you 've spent a lifetime looking after OTHER people , it 's nice to be pampered for a change . |
| 21 | We have , in our company , many highly experienced people who have spent a lifetime in our industry . |
| 22 | People who have spent a lot of time with horses will have seen most of these emotions in horses at one time or another . |
| 23 | ‘ If you have spent a day at the stadium , the one thing you do n't need is to spend an evening at the theatre . |
| 24 | ‘ Like Graham , when you have spent a day with him you understand every word that he says . ’ |
| 25 | You have spent a while analysing your typical eating and exercise habits . |
| 26 | I think that means we 've spent a bit more than we planned . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ' ’ |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | We have spent a lot of time developing a methodology that could contribute to this process . |
| 30 | ‘ We have spent a lot of time explaining it and we think people are approaching it in an open way . ’ |