Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] spend [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They chose instead to spend large sums of money on the farms , rebuilt the famous Orangery and installed a large indoor swimming pool in the courtyard . |
| 2 | Richard Baxter had only spent nine months in Dudley when he accepted an invitation to Bridgnorth as Curate to the Vicar , Mr.Madstart , whom he describes as a ‘ good preacher and a most excellent minister ’ . |
| 3 | Shadwell had obviously spent many weekends on the Continent observing European theatre . |
| 4 | ‘ Hamish ’ Hamilton , a Scot , had already spent six months on the island but had volunteered to stay on until the new squadron ( 185 ) was settled in . |
| 5 | By the time I started my NDD I had already spent five years at art school . |
| 6 | He had already spent much time on the hotel telephone to Scotland Yard . |
| 7 | At their age she had already spent four years working in her uncle 's shop . |
| 8 | Bush formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination on Feb. 12 — he had already spent several days informally campaigning in New Hampshire in January — to a cheering crowd of supporters in Washington DC . |
| 9 | Jones had already used a variety of materials , one of which was palladium , and was preparing to obtain the final proof with his detector that he had just spent two years building . |
| 10 | He had just spent seven years in Spain as papal nuncio and made the acquaintance of Caldéron ; the setting is Spanish and the romantic element is stronger . |
| 11 | Hatta was assisted by another Holland-returned politician , Sutan Sjahrir , who had also spent several years in the Netherlands and become an admirer of the Dutch Socialist movement . |
| 12 | In Angola and Mozambique , there are strange creatures called ‘ Marxist-Leninist States ’ when Marx and Lenin had both spent much time denouncing the State as intrinsically oppressive , but the media mean no more by this phrase than radical nationalists . |
| 13 | We had both spent three days and nights at the hospital the previous week . |
| 14 | This meant actually producing and maintaining a series of questions directed at the CEGB 's expert witnesses , most of whom had clearly spent many hours going through every conceivable pitfall . |
| 15 | We had now spent three weeks at Aubagne and had seen detachments move off to Castelnaudary , and numerous people rejected . |
| 16 | ‘ The builder had either spent three weeks cleaning it or had been kept in pristine condition , ’ says Darren . |
| 17 | He had previously spent 30 years in the royal Navy reaching the rank of lieutenant commander . |
| 18 | Elizabeth had recently spent three weeks rafting down the Zambesi River with her South African fiance Cuan Cronje . |
| 19 | There was a loud echo in the grounds of Wyvis Hall , Mary 's scream ringing back from off the wood and walls and starry waters , and Rufus , a town dweller who had never spent much time in the countryside , expected alarmed or annoyed people to arrive or the disconnected phone to start shrilling with complaints . |