Example sentences of "spend a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daisy had once said that the three of them might spend a holiday together next year in San Gimignano . |
| 2 | Councils can spend a quarter of their capital receipts from council house sales however they want . |
| 3 | Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon said Labour could spend a quarter of the £1m in borough council coffers on housing , but also had outstanding debts for constructing council properties . |
| 4 | ‘ Pity 'e do n't spend a bit more on these 'ouses , ’ Florrie remarked acidly . |
| 5 | Or should you spend a bit more time really finding out the extent of the pollution ? ’ |
| 6 | Ah well we will wait and see erm , they 're trying to solve everybody 's problems but ours , er with all this talk about spending money on education , sorting out the traffic problems erm , it 's a pity they do n't spend a bit more time in their budget calculations in dealing with the problems of this council and not those of the county council . |
| 7 | they might have a , they might spend a bit of time topic , but they want , they 're just looking at you know variations in |
| 8 | Andrew , of Whittinghame Drive , Kelvindale , senior non-commissioned officer of his school 's Combined Cadet Force air force section , will also spend a fortnight in North America , after winning one of just 12 places for UK cadets on the International Air Cadet Exchange Scheme . |
| 9 | ‘ If the Governor set aside four hours every day for two months he could spend a minute on each decision package , not enough time to read it , let alone make an analysis of its merits ’ ( Anthony , 1977 , p. 19 ) . |
| 10 | If you take one of our accountants who might spend a day a month with a small business , the fact that the business is small and we 're big does n't matter at all . |
| 11 | The outside is lit by zany neon , and you can spend a day just reading the cartoons in the corridors ( Lower Town , 1 Place Rogier , telephone 02/2177580 , cost 3,900 fr ) . |
| 12 | Your parent 's agreement should be obtained too , if possible , for arrangements to be made for someone suitable to come and spend a day or evening with her regularly so that you can go out . |
| 13 | I was to have not only a tape-recorder but a minder as well to guide me through the intricacies and , I imagine , the possible legal hazards of broadcasting such an item ; he and his lady assistant would arrive and spend a day with me the following week . |
| 14 | I could spend a day here , just looking . |
| 15 | At the end of May Margaret and one of her parents will spend a day in Dublin as guests of Twentieth Century Fox . |
| 16 | Everywhere I go like he follows me know what I mean , I 'm sitting up there at one stage and he , he 'd spend a day sort of curls , curls up and cuddles me . |
| 17 | The outfit Madonna is wearing costs £340 , and Browns of South Molton Street , London , are the only stockists of it in England but , with a bit of confidence , you can spend a fraction of that . |
| 18 | An officer on foot will often spend a whole shift without doing any police work , and without talking to anyone except to greet them and provide simple information … |
| 19 | After that I 'd spend a couple of hours on the script . |
| 20 | Do n't spend a fortune on entertaining this evening , do it all at home . |
| 21 | To comply with the provisions of the programme , a company must first spend a year monitoring air quality in the proposed area and employ elaborate computer models to demonstrate that pollution from the proposed plant will stay within the allowable increments . |
| 22 | The Ecumenical Center for Development argues that short term seminars or consultation in academic centres would be much more fruitful for people with a deep commitment to development who could and should not spend a year away . |
| 23 | Residents will spend a year here , working for others as well as themselves . |
| 24 | No , he could never spend a night in that cottage . |
| 25 | No one could spend a night with him without wanting more . |
| 26 | ‘ When things got too hot for her at home with Margaret she 'd often spend a night at my flat cooling off . ’ |
| 27 | They would n't spend a night like this in the forest with women and children to think of . ’ |
| 28 | He wo n't spend a night in the room . |
| 29 | Probably gon na spend a night revising . |
| 30 | On the other hand , why not spend a weekend with Ireland 's Eurovision Song Contest winners Johnny Logan and Linda Martin , from Friday , November 6 , to Monday , November 9 ? |