Example sentences of "[verb] spend a [adj] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are going to spend a few more hours in one another 's company ; it would make life easier . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They concerned my mother 's paternal grandfather who had spent a great many years in southern Africa — Natal and Cape Colony . |
| 4 | The local overlords , the magnates of the neighbourhood , who had spent a frenzied few weeks petitioning and being petitioned by their would-be superiors , had not been invited and therefore sat at home , drinking behind closed doors and not available to enlighten their countrymen . |
| 5 | It also means that you 've spent a productive few hours studying , which is a major contribution to your weekly workload . |