Example sentences of "spending [art] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This happens when a man 's ordinary hours of duty are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and when one likes to look forward to spending a few hours with one 's family .
2 The first time I get on , it is often after spending a few hours with them , and I kinda transfer over from the stable door to their backs . ’
3 We 're well worth spending a few hours over this , I think .
4 The earlier row was over a decision by magistrates in Aylesbury to let two offendors wipe out a thousand pounds in fines by spending a few hours in police cells .
5 I asked Terry to come along because one of the things I tho I tho I hope we might get round to spending a few minutes on was about Alan 's raised it before about records coming in er , and what the state of the game is in records coming into us and how we 're transferring that information , or not transferring that information onto dep onto department 's national curriculum er material
6 After spending a few days at Snaefellsness , our final goal was the fabulous Lake Mývatn .
7 ‘ He 's spending a few days with Maria Luisa in Valencia on the mainland , ’ Fernando told her at last .
8 On one level they were just marking time , spending a few days in the country at a friend 's house .
9 Extend the Taj Triangle Tour by spending a few days in the fascinating city of Kathmandu .
10 ( Oh , yes , I had learnt to play this whilst spending a few months in a rotting gaol due to one of the many misunderstandings which plagued my life . )
11 When he got back to London , he could perhaps pretend that he had been spending a few weeks in Hawthornden Castle on one of their writers ' scholarships .
12 Before I cover this particular problem , it is worth spending a few paragraphs on the bladder itself and its function .
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