Example sentences of "spend [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually he can spend only a limited time at one session in the tasting room as his work involves so much keen concentration . |
| 2 | So court dominates St Aldate 's throughout the war , and I think therefore we should spend just a little time looking at the people involved , erm but not too much . |
| 3 | You see , a tour of this magnitude throws up a forest of red tape for the intrepid journo to fight through and you can spend practically a whole day being shuffled from one ‘ no ’ man to the next , understandably concerned to protect their baby from unofficial liggers and prowling hacks . |
| 4 | In parts of Punjab they must not spend even a single night in their village . |
| 5 | In total , Pippin and PJ spent only a few minutes under the lights and had a lots of praise and Bonios afterwards . |
| 6 | He spent only a few hours in prison ; but when he was released the heads of all the foreign missions in London ( except that of Sweden , which was then at war with Russia ) accompanied him to his house in a demonstration of solidarity and next morning visited him to promise their support . |
| 7 | This was something she had never even heard of , so we spent quite a long time discussing hypnosis , regression and how the techniques could be applied to her situation . |
| 8 | We spent quite a long time sorting out this problem in the electrostatic case , and we need not repeat the argument here . |
| 9 | I remember when Mike and Robin went into their flats I spent quite a long time with them |
| 10 | I was horrified by these disclosures and indeed spent rather a troubled night reflecting on whether I had any duty to express my view . |
| 11 | Lewes had spent only a short time with the unit , but had impressed everyone with his absolute dedication to his work . |
| 12 | Thanks to Peterborough 's Hospital at Home ( HAH ) system , Jessica has spent only a few days in the local district hospital . |
| 13 | There is usually a formal system of discounts , for advertisers spending over a certain level with the station , and perhaps even for early booking , and whenever a station has time to sell which it fears it might fail to dispose of it is possible for the buyer to negotiate on the price . |
| 14 | Determined to break up what it sees as a cosy cartel , it has already spent over a million pounds on marketing and corporate entertainment . |
| 15 | I was twenty-eight when it happened , and had spent therefore a whole youth in the shadow of the British Lions . |
| 16 | I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education . |
| 17 | Those of us who have had reason to spend even a short time in a hospital will appreciate how much they look forward to the day that they can return home , even though their period spent in the hospital may have been made as pleasant as possible by exemplary care . |
| 18 | Occasionally my parents will go to Tesco 's and then it 's not like , with lots of people probably spend about a hundred pound , even more probably , would n't they ? |