Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] spend [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JOHN MAJOR is willing to meet the author Salman Rushdie , who has spent four years under a fatwa assassination incitement by Iranian fundamentalists . |
| 2 | ‘ It is with a feeling of surprise and wonder , even of awe , that humans become aware of a great intelligence living in the sea ; of marine mammals with a perception greater than that of other animals , more akin to our own , ’ says New Zealander Frank Robson , who has spent many years working with dolphins both in captivity and in the wild . |
| 3 | According to Koen Van Waerebeek , who has spent many years studying the dolphin hunt , hardly anyone in Peru is aware of the true nature of chancho marino . |
| 4 | WE WERE a small group : Soeriaatmadja , the head of Indonesia 's Elephant Task Force , Graham Child , the director of Zimbabwe 's National Park Service , Iain Douglas-Hamilton , who has spent many years observing elephants in East Africa , and me . |
| 5 | Ms Anderson , who has spent many years living and working in London and Washington , was visiting Torquay for the BA Conference . |
| 6 | Publishers grow thick skins against negative reviewing , but I remain puzzled at the volume of abuse directed at this particular book , by an author who has spent many years working on his subject , opening up new areas of research , and who has arguably contributed more in recent years ( viz Orwell : The War Broadcasts , Orwell : The War Commentaries and The Larger Evils ) to the study of Orwell 's work than any other scholar . |
| 7 | They can recommend individuals for honours or awards — often the district postmistress who has spent fifty years behind the counter and then receives an unexpected OBE will have been suggested by the local lord lieutenant . |
| 8 | The objective reality of such an energy distribution system is thoroughly documented by Dr Hiroshi Motoyama of Tokyo , who has spent thirty years researching the subject of Bio-energy and from results of tests conducted over a fifteen-year period qualifies his work in these words |
| 9 | Somebody who has spent 40 years of his life working for the Scottish Transport Group would receive two thirds of his pensionable salary on retirement . |
| 10 | There is genuine wisdom here , and humanity , too , especially in the often moving photography by Mark Edwards , who has spent 20 years tilling this rich visual soil . |
| 11 | CHINA will today release on parole Xu Wenli , a leading dissident who has spent 12 years in prison for taking part in the Democracy Wall movement , human rights campaigner John Kamm said . |
| 12 | She will meet Mrs Jones who has spent twenty years running a shelter for battered cats , and Mrs Jones is there . |
| 13 | Brian , who has spent 24 years with the Group , has held positions in work study and the Personnel Departments at Mason 's Ironstone and Barlaston . |
| 14 | Fortunately , the importance and individuality of chapel architecture is now being recognized , thanks to the work of writers and teachers such as John Hilling and professor Anthony Jones , of the Texas Christian University , who has spent numerous summers visiting and photographing chapels . |