Example sentences of "[vb mod] spend the [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we had five hundred years on earth we could say , ‘ OK , I 'll spend the first hundred years doing nothing in particular , the next hundred learning about life , the next hundred building a relationship , the next hundred working and my last hundred in leisure . ’ |
| 2 | Koch had hoped to remove Conner from the final trials , which begin on Saturday , so he could spend the next 25 days honing his chosen boat for the America 's Cup match against one of the two challengers — New Zealand or Il Moro de Venecia — which starts on May 9 . |
| 3 | If Pete kept interrupting him , he could spend the next three years never finishing a sentence . |
| 4 | So after ten years of telling us how the future belongs to Thatcher , he will spend the next five telling us how successful Major will be in creating a classless society . |
| 5 | Transfer to the Hotel Cataract in Aswan , where you will spend the next four nights . |
| 6 | The summit will spend the next four days discussing issues ranging from the division of Cyprus to the war in Bosnia . |
| 7 | Poor France , where the Kiwis will spend the next three weeks , are now likely to suffer the consequences of this improvement . |