Example sentences of "we have spent a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd spent a couple of days practising the relay . |
| 2 | He comes out , and he , he went down there , and looked out , because we 'd spent a lot of time on it , getting it right , and we were well chuffed about it . |
| 3 | I think that means we 've spent a bit more than we planned . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've spent a lot of money on you , ' ’ they told the animal ‘ 'why are n't you performing ? ' ’ ''Ah , ’ replied the bull , ‘ 'I was only sent here in an advisory capacity . ' ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 've spent a lot of money increasing and improving the toilets , ’ says Windsor 's Eram Osman , who added : ‘ It does n't matter so much for men — they can always go behind the bushes and we have plenty of those here . ’ |
| 6 | We had spent a week at La Bérade — that little unspoilt mountain hamlet deep within the Dauphiné massif where Eric shipton stayed in 1925 for his first alpine season ; and though we 'd found the mountains bathed in light and little snow around as we drove slowly up the battered but stupendous road from St Christoph through Les Etages , his words about the view he had from the bus exactly mirrored our mood as we peered up through a windscreen at the hills : |
| 7 | We have spent a lot of time developing a methodology that could contribute to this process . |
| 8 | ‘ We have spent a lot of time explaining it and we think people are approaching it in an open way . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We have spent a lot of money on the Elland Road stadium and we have to make sure resources are there for developments on and off the field . |