Example sentences of "[modal v] spend a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Queen Mother 's consultant was today deciding whether she should spend a second night in the hospital where she was taken with a throat problem . |
| 2 | Given philosophy 's interest in the foundations of human knowledge it is not surprising that it should spend a considerable amount of its concern with science , the form of human knowledge which has achieved so much . |
| 3 | In case librarians and information scientists feel that the first stage of Taylor 's processes of adding value is not very challenging , I feel that I should spend a few moments indicating the considerable complexity of the publicly available information resource potentially relevant to business activities . |
| 4 | On that thought , a streak of fairness smote Fabia and she became guiltily aware that , since he must spend a good deal of his time cooped up in his office , it was no wonder that he wanted to enjoy his walks without any prying journalist asking the ‘ whys and wherefores ’ of everything . |
| 5 | ‘ You work all over the place , and you must spend a great deal of time away from home . ’ |
| 6 | Her Majesty must spend a sizeable proportion of her life in front of canvas . |
| 7 | Even though , as readers of the fabliaux , we may spend a good deal of time smiling at the preposterous ingenuity of gross deceptions and misdeeds — in other words things that are generically wrongs in terms of conventional Christian morality — we have already seen that substantial elements of positive Christian spirituality and conventional morality are widely represented amongst the French fabliaux . |
| 8 | Once each has had a turn , the group may spend a few minutes discussing possible methods of achieving any identified learning needs . |
| 9 | That we 'd go to the shore , and we 'd spend a whole day there , no lemonade and biscuits then . |
| 10 | If you feel , for example , that your appearance lets you down , perhaps you could spend a little time studying magazine features to see where you could make some changes . |
| 11 | T. D. There were men on the opposite beat and sometimes you could spend a little time talking to them as long as you were n't caught . |
| 12 | ‘ You could spend a small fortune this summer , ’ I told the senator , ‘ and if Rickie does n't want to stop killing himself , then he wo n't . |
| 13 | I could spend a great deal of time extolling the history of the two countries . |
| 14 | Erm , if somebody could spend a little bit of time with Ilias because we 've got this language problem and I know that he 's found this a little bit difficult , I think he would appreciate it tonight , when you get together please . |
| 15 | She was in food time this morning , and could spend a few minutes on the bridge , looking at the river . |
| 16 | And you could spend a few days there . |
| 17 | She could spend a few days in Prague just enjoying herself , and … ’ |
| 18 | Finally he would spend a great deal of time in preparing people for membership and in visiting members although here he could be helped by the deacons and stewards . |
| 19 | He would spend a great deal of time trying to fit in fresh pieces only to find that most of them did n't belong to his picture . |
| 20 | Jared Oysten , 11 , from Alderman Leach Junior School , and Victoria Grant , 10 , from Heathfield Primary were picked by the Mayor , Coun Rita Fishwick , after they had written essays on how they thought a mayor in the year 2000 would spend a typical day . |
| 21 | Today , several men would spend a considerable time erecting steel scaffolding before such a job would be attempted . |
| 22 | These would spend a larger proportion of their incomes and so net savings would be reduced . |
| 23 | Although Creggan preferred in such weather to keep inland he had a natural preference for the coast and on calmer days when the wind abated he would spend a few hours along the shore . |
| 24 | The boy would spend a few weeks at a time with his father and when Sheila one day came to collect Scott , she mentioned that she felt she might well marry again . |
| 25 | They would spend a disproportionate amount of time moving between feeding areas and , in the bleak heights of the Rocky Mountains , there is little time to spare . |
| 26 | I would spend a miserable hour hopping from one foot to the other just out of the babies ' end with my eyes scrunched shut and my mouth in a knot . |
| 27 | As our winner , you and a friend will spend a relaxing weekend at Cedar Falls . |
| 28 | A qualified homoeopath will have studied for at least three years and will spend a great deal of time in compiling a detailed history of the patient , including character , antecedents , likes and dislikes and so on . |
| 29 | ‘ Other cities ’ experience show conferences are an excellent way of bringing in visitors who will spend a great deal of money in the city . |
| 30 | Unless you can do so your holding will deteriorate or you will spend a small fortune paying outsiders to look after it for you . |