Example sentences of "have spent [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think he got on er , quite well down there , because he 'd spent a few days up here he had a better idea of what he wanted to ask , and what he wanted to talk about and so on , but erm , only because his deadline 's and |
| 2 | Having spent a few years in both camps the matter was resolved in 1981 when Stoddards and Templetons were merged . |
| 3 | He had been Sam 's best customer during his vacation , had spent a few pounds on skates and cycles , and had in fact hired these for days at a time . |
| 4 | I just wondered if someone who had spent a few years in medical school might take a job away from the field … just for a summer . |
| 5 | And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again . |
| 6 | I had spent the few months before brimming over with excitement and anticipation for when my time would come to leave what had been my place of education for the previous four years . |
| 7 | Advertising is such a complicated business that you may be able to assimilate it better if you have spent a few years " knocking-around " — travelling perhaps , or working in a shop or doing different kinds of jobs . |