Example sentences of "have spend a " in BNC.

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1 He must have spent a lot of time out in the sun — running ?
2 All I can say is , I think they must never have spent a night in The Bar if they think that , or never a good night .
3 There is no doubt that Lowe used sign language — during sometime in his career , he must have spent a period or periods in Edinburgh because the Member 's List of Edinburgh 's Congregational Deaf Church lists a John William Lowe of London as Member no. 125 , married to a hearing wife , for the period 1836 to 1838 .
4 ‘ But you ca n't have spent a lifetime with someone and not feel some affection for them . ’
5 Some will come directly from school , some will have spent a time in business and will be wishing to improve their qualifications .
6 The other thing they say , if they 're Terrans , or actually , especially if they 're not , is , Well , you must have spent a good deal of time on Good Old Mother Earth .
7 er one thing or another , I must have spent a couple of thousand pounds on these photos .
8 Clare was , well , desirable to say the bloody least , and they must have spent a lot of time together writing speeches , or whatever it is politicians do .
9 It looked the sort of room Queen Anne might have spent a night in .
10 It should have spent a little more time looking at the serious work being carried out by the Health Education Authority and less time on carping criticisms of the authority 's work .
11 He 'd never have spent a week milksopping around this godforsaken backwater on account of — one little bag of bones . ’
12 ‘ He would have spent a lot less time on the mountain if he had left a note in his car saying where he was going and when he was due to return . ’
13 you might have spent a of time
14 No no , they will never make a price in Perth now you have terrified them , ’ and Cameron would have to spend a good few shillings to make the drove move on .
15 We will have to spend a lot initially to make the castle wind and watertight , ’ says Stewart , who drew the plans .
16 Most machines come minus a cartridge , but you do n't have to spend a fortune — Audio-Technica produce a perfectly acceptable one for £19 , although that is rock bottom : there are genuine improvements to be had by budgeting for four times that amount .
17 If not , you will have to spend a lot more time and effort using them than is necessary .
18 On the other hand , people whose words are not answered may have to spend a lifetime screaming for what they want or need , convinced that only if they demand loudly , cajole , beg , bully or threaten , will they obtain what they want .
19 The vast majority hire boots and skis so you do n't have to spend a lot of money on gear before you find out if skiing is for you .
20 Pilots do n't have to spend their waking hours obsessed with danger , but they do have to spend a lot of time rolling the word safety around their minds .
21 You do n't have to spend a fortune to give your family tasty , healthy meals .
22 Every few weeks he will have to spend a weekend at home near a telephone on call to handle any emergencies which crop up in the area .
23 You do n't have to spend a lot of money to look just nice looking I mean d' you know , er just you know nice appearing , clean appearing or something like that that will do and beauty most of it its come from inside .
24 I may have to spend a lot of my time in Scotland now — perhaps even look for a Scottish constituency — and your work is in London . ’
25 She or he would have to spend a year in general practice to have the opportunity to acquire similar skills .
26 So for the majority of formulae that 's all you need to do to make the formulae copyable , so when I got this extra product to insert just insert the rows , copy the formula down and that change is made very quickly indeed , I do n't have to spend a lot of time understanding and editing the formulae .
27 My first thought was that I was 320 duck-jumps behind and if I was ever going to make the state of shai-hai I would probably have to spend a whole weekend duck-jumping .
28 Most sufferers will have to spend a day or two in bed , and the feeling of malaise and depression with which the footballers are left will not necessarily be due to their team 's position in the league , but is an almost inevitable element of a severe bout of flu .
29 The manufacturer would thus have to spend a lot on mass advertising to create brand loyalty for the product , or attempt to ‘ push ’ the product through the channel by providing trade incentives , with probably a lower end price than competitive products coupled with a larger profit margin for retailers .
30 So you would n't have to spend a fortune on , on , on I mean it 's only a matter of most of it 's a matter of paint , and then hanging a few things up is n't it ?
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