Example sentences of "spend a few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between the two examinations he spent a few necessary days of recuperation at Swindon , spending some time with Dad Uzzell . |
| 2 | Leonora found a bathroom instead , and spent a few quiet minutes tidying herself up in peace . |
| 3 | Although he knew it was to soothe himself rather than a.i. ’ he spent a few last minutes communing with Thoth by neural link , explaining yet again how grieved he was to have to ask it to give its ‘ life ’ for him . |
| 4 | But I 'm spun of stronger metal than that : when you 've spent a few thousand years wrestling with magicians determined to enslave you and entire religions devoted to your destruction , you develop ways of bouncing back . |
| 5 | Afterwards we had spent a few stolen days at the ski resort of Grindelwald , in the shadow of the Eiger North Face . |
| 6 | If the problem you 're confronted with is a ten thousand pound bit of influence , then it 's worth spending a few hundred pounds in a preparation . |
| 7 | It 's far better to spend a few extra minutes making a trace 100 per cent safe , even if it means putting a few extra pence into the finished product . |
| 8 | Because they do n't need leaders Snotties are a good way to spend a few extra points to round off your army — at 15 points a base they 're cheap too . |
| 9 | He said unionists had voted to send representatives to events in Hong Kong and France , but refused to spend a few hundred pounds on the bilingualism conference in Gweedore . |
| 10 | ‘ We are going to spend a few more hours in one another 's company ; it would make life easier . ’ |
| 11 | At this point , it will pay dividends if you spend a few more seconds scanning the small print in the ads . |