Example sentences of "i 've spend a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 've spent a year doing what the Thing 's told me and I 've never had so much as a ‘ thank you ’ , ’ said Masklin . |
| 2 | I 've spent a year … polishing brass , chipping rust , and slapping paint on bulkheads , and so far as being a deck officer goes , I 'm just where I started . ’ |
| 3 | I 've spent a fortune in this place and all I 'm asking for is a reduction in the service charge . ’ |
| 4 | I 've spent a lifetime meeting the right sort of people . ’ |
| 5 | I 've spent a lot of time and effort getting this far . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time in Paris , ’ explains Caine , ‘ and the result is I 'm now a committed Francophile . |
| 7 | I 've spent a lot of time on this . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time on the Heath lately , ’ Bill says . |
| 9 | I 've spent a lot of time on this job — or rather wasted a lot of time — it meant a great deal to me . " |
| 10 | See you 've got to get rid of all that because at the back of your mind you 're still saying , Well I 've spent a lot of money still only done part of the job . |
| 11 | And it is true that , I mean , well , you know , I 've spent a lot of time reviving typefaces that are not around , I mean , you know , propping them up , creating a waxed edition , sort of Madam Tussauds version of Lucien or something , but it 's very interesting — there is not , in type development terms , there is n't a whole lot that has happened after the Second World War that really turns me on . |
| 12 | I I 've spent a fiver on . |