Example sentences of "spend a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see I could n't spend a hundred hours on a painting and only ask that amount of money . |
| 2 | One of the things that came across was that the average sixteen year old leaving school this year in the U K will spend a million pounds in their lifetime . |
| 3 | Although Creggan preferred in such weather to keep inland he had a natural preference for the coast and on calmer days when the wind abated he would spend a few hours along the shore . |
| 4 | She was in food time this morning , and could spend a few minutes on the bridge , looking at the river . |
| 5 | Fergie would probably spend a few pounds on it — if he could find it . |
| 6 | They will spend a few days with their hosts in the classroom , before going on a camping trip in the Dutch countryside . |
| 7 | She could spend a few days in Prague just enjoying herself , and … ’ |
| 8 | The boy would spend a few weeks at a time with his father and when Sheila one day came to collect Scott , she mentioned that she felt she might well marry again . |
| 9 | Now this is in his key messages , and towards the back , there are two pages , where he complains that many promises were made for the facilities management contract , and in particular , erm , he says it is still the case that work to take advantage of the development faci facility has not yet been identified , now I think this is the thing we spent a million pounds on it , and are not using it . |
| 10 | I spent a few hours at house in Delhi , before leaving on Sunday 28th November to catch the 03.45 flight to London . |
| 11 | My reason is that George spent a few minutes with Lennie , comforting and making him a happy man by reminding him of his dreams , before sending him off to find his final dream in heaven . |
| 12 | After an hour inside the school , all four spent a few minutes in a room of their own before Charles and Diana said goodbye to their sons . |
| 13 | I spent a few moments in thought . |
| 14 | Because the panic attacks had become a habit with her , I spent a few sessions with Eileen teaching her how to overcome them . |
| 15 | ‘ We spent a few days on manoeuvres . |
| 16 | Dana and I spent a few days in London again before travelling to Spain . |
| 17 | As a soldier stationed on the South Coast at the time of D- Day , I spent a few days in London where I attended the Proms . |
| 18 | After living in London for a while the couple spent a few days in Bournemouth and on St Swithun 's Day 1875 they came by steamer to Swanage . |
| 19 | I spent a few years on The Scotsman and then to Thomson House to join The Guardian soon after it dropped the ‘ Manchester ’ from its title and started printing in London . |
| 20 | They were , and the Pryces spent a few years in married bliss before the third Lady Pryce died in 1748 . |
| 21 | Cheyney passed from Sandhurst into the army , buying a commission in a regiment which was ordered to India , where he spent a few years in inactive service . |
| 22 | They all spent a few weeks with me , a manufacturing engineer , to set objectives , to create a manufacturing improvement strategy and policies and then to drive them . |
| 23 | I 've worked with better material than you , but it 's either that or — have you ever spent a million years in a coal measure ? ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Dana and I had already spent a few weekends in Madrid , travelling by bus via Avila through wonderful country . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Having spent a few years in both camps the matter was resolved in 1981 when Stoddards and Templetons were merged . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | In fact , I do n't know an actor who was n't actually brought up in LA and who has n't spent a few nights on the beach . |
| 30 | Having just spent a few nights in a major-accident ward , I 'd rather be late than hurry . ’ |