Example sentences of "[pers pn] have to spend [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point I had to fly and catch him up , so I flew to Khabarovsk in far east Siberia where I had to spend a night . |
| 2 | I was ready to fulfil the condition of my having the operation : I had to spend a year ‘ passing ’ as a male in stereotypical working-class jobs . |
| 3 | I had to spend a lot of time alone , just thinking . |
| 4 | ‘ I had to spend a month in a cast , ’ he recalls , ‘ so when they set the cast , I had them set it so I could move my arm just enough to play . ’ |
| 5 | After my husband died I had to spend the winter of 1973–4 alone in Lamb House . |
| 6 | If for any reason I had to spend the night in town and my friend Wilma could n't have me , I could stay there very cheaply with the girls . |
| 7 | I was so bruised and exhausted that I did not feel strong enough to walk home , and although I did not want to , I had to spend the night at Wuthering Heights . |
| 8 | But we got talking when I had to spend an afternoon in his laboratory checking reports for courts with his staff , and he was ever so nice . |
| 9 | In fact , I have to spend a lot of my time asking silly questions of people while standing in all sorts of silly places . |
| 10 | She has to spend the household money and her good opinion of products means sales . |
| 11 | As I say , Well you 've you 've to spend a lot of time . |
| 12 | There is a myth that ribbon cables are difficult to make and you have to spend a fortune on getting cables specially made . |
| 13 | This does n't mean that you have to spend a fortune on tools , but beware of cheap spanners and screwdrivers which may not be strong enough for the job or of cheap hammers which may lose their heads . |
| 14 | successful showcases can create substantial industry interest in a band , but if you are going to pull out all the stops , you have to spend a lot of money with no guarantee of a positive result . |
| 15 | In order not to have to shout above the babble of noise around you have to spend the visit bent sideways so that your mouth and ear can alternately be pressed against the open mesh . |
| 16 | We had to spend a night off the approaches to the West Solent and Poole as a result of information about local fishing boats coopering . |
| 17 | we had to spend a couple of years erm longer at school . |
| 18 | It was only in the beginning , when we needed money badly , when we had to spend a lot on the house . ’ |
| 19 | We have to spend a lot of time learning the limitations of the amplifier versus the guitar we 're using , and the microphones and console … ’ |
| 20 | Thames Water , who built the plant , say they had to spend the money to stay within European law , money which is ultimately paid by their customers . |
| 21 | He cites Oracle Corp as a victim of this lack of openness — Oracle saw turnover rise last year , but its profits were flat , Graham said , because it had to spend a fortune developing different versions of its database for different Unixes . |
| 22 | The next thing he knew — by this time he would have the undivided attention of the entire bar — one of the Americans tore his fur hat off and screamed , ‘ OK , craphead , where is he ? ’ while one of the bobbies reached into the open back seat and pulled out an attaché case that he had to spend an hour telling them he had never seen before . |
| 23 | Previously he had to spend an hour at a transit warehouse near Lyons waiting for clearance . |