Example sentences of "spend [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | Fergie would probably spend a few pounds on it — if he could find it . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | And you could spend a few days there . |
4 | We would then spend a few moments sharing any relevant and deep intuition that had come to any of us , and it was remarkable to see what a full and varied message the daily passage gave us . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | She could quite happily spend a few days here , just remembering her own childhood : the train set , the beautifully designed doll 's house , the football game … it made her sad that she had no children of her own so that she could cling on to that childhood that she so often missed . |
7 | Once each has had a turn , the group may spend a few minutes discussing possible methods of achieving any identified learning needs . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Tonight then it 's a communion thanksgiving service , but let me just spend a few minutes just sketching a little background on some of life 's challenges . |
10 | So this evening , as we come to the end of one year and prepare for the next , can we spend a few minutes doing a spiritual work-out and look at the consequences of what John wrote about the uniqueness of Jesus . |
11 | She was in food time this morning , and could spend a few minutes on the bridge , looking at the river . |
12 | They will spend a few days with their hosts in the classroom , before going on a camping trip in the Dutch countryside . |
13 | She could spend a few days in Prague just enjoying herself , and … ’ |
14 | During any year most staff members of the Institute will spend a few weeks , if not two or three months , in erm some developing country , or perhaps several , and of course we 're also heavily involved in international agencies . |
15 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
16 | Between the two examinations he spent a few necessary days of recuperation at Swindon , spending some time with Dad Uzzell . |
17 | Dana and I spent a few days in London again before travelling to Spain . |
18 | Although he knew it was to soothe himself rather than a.i. ’ he spent a few last minutes communing with Thoth by neural link , explaining yet again how grieved he was to have to ask it to give its ‘ life ’ for him . |
19 | The landscape reminds me of the west coast of Ireland , of Inishere , the smallest of the Aran Islands on which I once spent a few days — the same tradition of building walls to clear land as much as to protect . |
20 | Because the panic attacks had become a habit with her , I spent a few sessions with Eileen teaching her how to overcome them . |
21 | Shortly before moving to London , I spent a few days visiting ancient and mystical sites in Cornwall . |
22 | They were , and the Pryces spent a few years in married bliss before the third Lady Pryce died in 1748 . |
23 | After an hour inside the school , all four spent a few minutes in a room of their own before Charles and Diana said goodbye to their sons . |
24 | Before I left for San Francisco I spent a few days wandering the considerable length and the decidedly inconsiderable breadth of the Canal , newest of the major approaches to Balboa 's ocean . |
25 | We spent a few days talking about our friends in Moscow and Leningrad . |
26 | As a soldier stationed on the South Coast at the time of D- Day , I spent a few days in London where I attended the Proms . |
27 | After living in London for a while the couple spent a few days in Bournemouth and on St Swithun 's Day 1875 they came by steamer to Swanage . |
28 | In August one year he spent a few days holiday at Saxon-les-Bains in the Rhone Valley , where he had an interest in a fruit preserving factory . |
29 | Daak spent a few minutes kicking the remains of the pilot out of the front of the cockpit , and then settled himself into the pilot 's bucket seat and swivelled lazily from side to side , waiting for the women . |
30 | ‘ We spent a few days on manoeuvres . |