Example sentences of "[pron] 've 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 | For experts who 've spent a career bringing pneumoconiosis under control , these revelations are deeply disturbing . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | ‘ What sort of thing — talking to a woman after you 've spent a weekend in bed with her ? ’ |
16 | The funny thing was , her dad said to her right you 've spent a lot of money . |
17 | When you 've spent a lifetime looking after OTHER people , it 's nice to be pampered for a change . |
18 | I think that means we 've spent a bit more than we planned . |
19 | ‘ 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 . ' ’ |
20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
21 | Managers say they 've spent a fortune on sound proofing |
22 | One friend said : ‘ They 've spent a lot of time together and there is no problem there . ’ |
23 | 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 … |