Example sentences of "have spent a 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 | 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 . |