Example sentences of "spend the odd " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Louis was a great advocate for the cutters and in addition to the official cruises he often spent the odd informal day out with us , sometimes bringing his wife , family and little dog . |
| 2 | The total value of a player 's army may be slightly less than the agreed value , and will often be a few points short simply because there is nothing left to spend the odd point on . |
| 3 | The total value of a player 's army may be less than the agreed value , and will often be a few points short simply because there is nothing left to spend the odd point on . |
| 4 | I 've told Nenna time and again that she ought to get hold of some sort of reliable chap , an ex-Naval chippie would be the right sort , just to spend the odd day on board and put everything to rights . |
| 5 | He managed to spend the odd hour alone with Grace , who told him she had fallen for a Welsh corporal who had stood on a land-mine and ended up blind in one eye . |