Example sentences of "[to-vb] spend [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was n't mean about it , she was very grateful to have someone to talk to and I used to try to spend a lot of time with her just to cheer her up — you know , walk the dog with her and go shopping — just do all the things that would help . |
| 2 | IF you want to avoid spending the whole of Christmas Day in the kitchen , try following this timetable . |
| 3 | He decided that the only way to avoid spending the rest of his life in the workhouse was to exhibit himself as a freak , and so he offered himself to Sam Torr , who ran a music-hall , the Gaiety Palace of Varieties . |
| 4 | It can be difficult to justify spending a large large amount of course time on design , but asking colleagues in design institutions to recommend or teach a useful ( and usable ) subset of document design to occupy just a few hours is not likely to elicit an encouraging response . |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't have thought the Prince was one to wish to spend a week admiring the beauties of the river bank . ’ |
| 6 | Will my right hon. Friend bear in mind that many of us would like to ask how it is possible to contemplate spending an extra £38 billion without increasing taxes , increasing unemployment and increasing prices ? |
| 7 | Having tried and failed to control spending the government then decided to control local revenue . |
| 8 | It was something he seemed to have spent a great deal of his life wondering . |
| 9 | Of course they were package tours though he seems to have spent a surprising amount on this one . |
| 10 | They appear to have spent a lot of their lives in England , although they have connections in Waterford . |
| 11 | Miss Huntley claimed to have spent the Saturday by herself in and around her flat , doing a bit of shopping and cleaning before meeting a few friends — only one of whom appeared to have an address — and going on to a party around ten o'clock at night . |
| 12 | Forster was so smitten by the result that he could not trust his voice to announce the Nazi gains on the radio , and is said to have spent the night at home weeping uncontrollably . |
| 13 | The house still has the romantic character of a Victorian historical novel — its chimneypiece is still painted with curious devices , and there are panelled rooms and hiding places , including the ‘ sacred hole ’ in the attic where Charles is said to have spent the night . |
| 14 | He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well . |
| 15 | In fact I happened just to have spent the weekend with a dear friend and was well aware that at some point over the two days she had entertained everyone suspected of being concerned , and not a word of politics was discussed , nor a syllable about supplanting anybody . |
| 16 | She seemed to have spent the past few years running away . |
| 17 | But they seem to have spent the day together on Sunday . |
| 18 | In Michoacán the PRI was reported to have spent the equivalent of an almost unprecedented US$33,000,000 , and in Chihuahua the equivalent of US$20,000,000 . |
| 19 | On one ocassion , patients were said to have spent the night in wet beds because there was no-one to change them . |
| 20 | ‘ Anyhow it no longer matters to you or to me , but whoever has the last laugh in the whole business is going to have to spend a hell of a length of time laughing . |
| 21 | She was going to have to spend a second night at the motel , if only to continue their cover of an ‘ affair ’ . |
| 22 | somebody 's going to have to spend a bit of time with them over the week about the presume I 'm gon na have the time |
| 23 | When firms borrow abroad , however , they need to switch the cash into whatever currency they are going to have to spend the money in . |
| 24 | ‘ It grieves me think that these drivers , sometimes as many as 60 a week , have to pay to spend the night in this car park but ca n't even go to the loo , ’ she said . |
| 25 | If ever we had to be away for a night , Shanti used to go to spend the night at Mavis 's house , and regarded it as a very great treat . |
| 26 | If people are going to prepare to spend the rest of their lives together , they should be discussing much more important things than concepts , like forever , they should be discussing , what happens if it 's splits up ? |