Example sentences of "they [vb past] spend [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They began to spend less time together . |
| 2 | They had spent two years in custody on charges of treason , murder and kidnapping in connection with the attempted coup in July-August 1990 [ see pp. 37606-07 ; 38239 ] . |
| 3 | Their bungalow at Llandudno Junction , which they had spent two years struggling to furnish and which wedding guests should have been visiting next Saturday , was swamped by flood waters on Thursday night . |
| 4 | They had spent two nights in bed-and-breakfast accommodation before taking a month 's let on a furnished flat close to Clapham Junction mainline railway station . |
| 5 | There they had spent fourteen days in solitary confinement , chained in heavy leg irons and fed only on dry rice . |
| 6 | When the team left for Cameroon they had spent several months gathering the equipment necessary for their 4 weeks of planned project activity . |
| 7 | They had spent three days on the reef and had photographed every habitable key from every angle , one of the bank bureaucrats taking notes on a lawyer 's pad . |
| 8 | Aware of the draining effects of the Scots ' travel itinerary — they had spent three days on the move from Suva — Morgan intends to have short , sharp sessions today and tomorrow . |
| 9 | Not long ago some highly placed career men resigned their jobs because , they said , they wanted to spend more time with their families . |