Example sentences of "[vb -s] spend the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The man next door has spent the last year making a kennel for his dog .
2 Coltart has spent the last year productively , though , playing on the Swedish Golf Tour .
3 Sun Microsystems has spent the last year revamping its American resellers program and has de-authorised some 900 low value add locations for not making the kind of long-term commitment and investment it believes is necessary to a sound business model .
4 John Hall has spent the last year receiving chemotherapy and blood transfusions in order to stay alive .
5 She has spent the last year following her sailing pursuits but this year she gave priority to her GCSE exams and has done much less sailing .
6 Kemp has spent the last year in charge at Conference club Slough who have appointed former Millwall and Bradford City boss John Docherty in his place .
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