Example sentences of "'ve spend a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've spent a lot of time and effort getting this far . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've spent a lot of money on you , ' ’ they told the animal ‘ 'why are n't you performing ? ' ’ ''Ah , ’ replied the bull , ‘ 'I was only sent here in an advisory capacity . ' ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time in Paris , ’ explains Caine , ‘ and the result is I 'm now a committed Francophile . |
| 4 | I 've spent a lot of time on this . ’ |
| 5 | One friend said : ‘ They 've spent a lot of time together and there is no problem there . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We 've spent a lot of money increasing and improving the toilets , ’ says Windsor 's Eram Osman , who added : ‘ It does n't matter so much for men — they can always go behind the bushes and we have plenty of those here . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time on the Heath lately , ’ Bill says . |
| 8 | I 've spent a lot of time on this job — or rather wasted a lot of time — it meant a great deal to me . " |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Adrian says they 've spent a lot of time in the water … tweaking this and tweaking that and making sure that it has come through production with flying colours … |
| 11 | The funny thing was , her dad said to her right you 've spent a lot of money . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As I say , Well you 've you 've to spend a lot of time . |