Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] to spend [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he too , it seemed , did not want to spend an evening with his brother-in-law , but said less about his reasons than the voluble Edward . |
| 2 | Or that girl with the Esquimau nose ? ) and not daring to spend the time she used to in study lest she be dangerously good , she now had hours and hours in which to brood and her old pains came back to life . |
| 3 | And you probably would not choose to spend a fortnight up the Amazon with either . |
| 4 | I 'm not going to spend a week on the route |
| 5 | She was not going to spend the remainder watching others do the work . |
| 6 | Well , I 'm honestly not going to spend the whole of Saturday morning putting up with this sort of thing . |
| 7 | Although I had kept in contact with several school friends from St Paul 's , I knew only one who was likely to have surplus accommodation in London , and I considered she might well turn out to be my one hope of not having to spend the rest of my life on a train somewhere between Romford and Regent 's Park . |
| 8 | As I am not planning to spend a lot on the engine I need something I can perhaps restore myself . |
| 9 | Students of Russian and Celtic are not required to spend a year abroad . |
| 10 | The Student System II Developing Tank , from the Paterson Photax Group , is an entry level tank aimed at those who are starting out in darkroom work and who do n't want to spend a fortune on equipment . |
| 11 | The Student System II Developing Tank , from the Paterson Photax Group , is an entry level tank aimed at those who are starting out in darkroom work and do n't want to spend a fortune on equipment . |
| 12 | I do n't want to spend a fortnight on the road . |
| 13 | I really would like a holiday , but I do n't want to spend a lot of money , and then come home and find an atmosphere . |
| 14 | I always remember him being asked why a chap with his responsibility spent his evenings with people like Jill St John and he replied , ‘ Well , if you spent the whole day with Indira Ghandi you do n't want to spend the night with Golda Meir … . ’ |
| 15 | I did n't want to spend the rest of the afternoon cleaning foam from Wavebreaker 's decks . |
| 16 | Perhaps Benny Katz did n't want to spend the rest of his life as a viklehnik a weekly-payment collector . |
| 17 | So what if he did n't want to spend the day cooped up with her in the bedroom , only emerging when hunger demanded that their stomachs be fed ? |
| 18 | I never did like drag shows and I did n't want to spend the evening in the pub but I did it just to be with gay people . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose when you spend all that money on a girl you do n't want to spend the evening wheezing into your hankie , do you ? |
| 20 | I could n't wait to spend the weekend at the lineside to see what other surprises were in store . |
| 21 | Left : You do n't need to spend a fortune to get fresh ! |
| 22 | This also gives Customer Services the credibility to form strategic partnerships if necessary , and means that it does n't need to spend a fortune on research and development — it simply taps into the work done at BT 's Martlesham , Suffolk-based research centre . |
| 23 | I 've lived in this town long enough to know that when people are talking about a picture in a certain way you do n't need to spend a lot of money on hype , just a little in the right media and the nominations start piling up . |
| 24 | It would be a good idea to develop a formula for using this kind of programme so that you know precisely what kind of item you are looking for and , if you can arrange for a regular supply , you do n't need to spend a lot of time viewing it to work out how you are going to use it . |
| 25 | Now you know the game so I do n't need to spend a lot time . |
| 26 | Mankind ( me ) , he thought , mashing up the rest of the mattress because he was n't going to spend the night braced for a lot of bedsprings to bust in their own time , is idyllic in his intentions , tragic in his fate , and farcical in his functions . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | You do n't have to spend a fortune to give your family tasty , healthy meals . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | 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 . |