Example sentences of "spend a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Once each has had a turn , the group may spend a few minutes discussing possible methods of achieving any identified learning needs . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She was in food time this morning , and could spend a few minutes on the bridge , looking at the river . |
| 8 | Fergie would probably spend a few pounds on it — if he could find it . |
| 9 | And you could spend a few days there . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They will spend a few days with their hosts in the classroom , before going on a camping trip in the Dutch countryside . |
| 12 | She could spend a few days in Prague just enjoying herself , and … ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 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 . |