Example sentences of "spend [det] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's open 'til midnight so you can spend many a fun hour here . |
| 2 | Whilst you can spend many a happy hour with a regular 12-string guitar plucking one string while turning the wrong key , since they all look identical , this is n't a problem on the Hamer . |
| 3 | He spent such a long time alone in consultation with her daughter that Harriet began to wonder whether his efforts at consolation were entirely professional . |
| 4 | They nested under the guttering and I spent many a happy lunch-hour wandering around counting their grenade-shaped nests , made of mud and stuck to the eaves of the school buildings . |
| 5 | ‘ I spent many a sleepless night worryin' about you ; prayin' for you . |
| 6 | Tynagh Mines ' manager , David Fitzgerald , denied all the allegations and said that the company had spent half a million pounds on safety work and intended spending a further £200,000 . |
| 7 | The council 's already spent half a million pounds on renovating the priory , making safe the dilapidated tithe barn next door and landscaping the grounds . |
| 8 | RCA in America claim to have spent half a million dollars promoting my last album but it was obviously money spent in stupid ways . |
| 9 | Swindon Town are spending half a million pounds on replacing captain Colin Caulderwood … with 22 year old Adrian Whitbread from Orient . |
| 10 | A new University is spending half a million pounds on TV advertising to attract more students . |
| 11 | The Department of the Environment alone by 1988 was spending half a billion pounds out of an Action for Cities total , involving most Home departments , estimated at £3 billion . |
| 12 | Britain may be odd in spending such a low percentage of its national income on health . |
| 13 | I think I 've never spent such a lazy week . |
| 14 | Because the poorer elderly spent such a large proportion of their income on fuel , she added , they would face stark choices if the cost rose . |
| 15 | Dorcas had spent many a peaceful hour getting to know Jekub . |
| 16 | He had spent many a happy evening at his local , The Brewers Arms … until it burnt down . |
| 17 | In addition , I do not believe that it would necessarily be the most cost-effective use of resources in terms of environmental output to spend such a substantial sum on that project . |
| 18 | Roderick will be sadly missed in every circle in which he moved , but most of all , of course , by Bobbie , whose devotion and fortitude was his greatest comfort in his final illness , and whose forbearance over many years enabled Roderick to spend such a great amount of their valuable time on the book . |
| 19 | BUSINESS buffs spend many a dull hour poring over balance sheets , share prices and financial ratios in search of the best-performing firms . |