Example sentences of "have spent [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the world that I enjoy , and that I have spent the second half of my life so far in exploring and learning about . |
| 2 | ‘ I have spent the last six months investigating Free People , and what they have asked for constitutes the first stage of their long-term programme . ’ |
| 3 | I have spent the last couple of weeks visiting garages with my husband attempting to exchange our shared vehicle . |
| 4 | As part of Stone Grove , a four-piece band who have spent the last two years quietly writing and recording in the relative obscurity of Clapton , east London , Simon has been revising , reassessing , investigating his roots , or in his own words , ‘ taking notes ’ . |
| 5 | Workers from VOLSEC have spent the last year renovating the Ingrow Station and plan to replace the station buildings next year so I wonder if anything unexplained will be found then ? |
| 6 | USL and SunSoft have spent the last few months working out the commercial implications of the ABI on delivery schedules and compatibility issues . |
| 7 | Or maybe I am in the perfect position to write it , as I have spent the last week slumped on the sofa , watching the war . |
| 8 | ‘ Lady Blaine , I have spent the last week debating whether or not to ruin your father Hiram , and his syndicate , and provide the information to send them , and him , to prison for stockmarket fraud . |
| 9 | ‘ The children have spent the last four weeks getting to know each other . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's 5.15 a.m. and we have spent the last two hours asleep in a lay-by just outside Solihull and breakfast in Birmingham is the next item on the agenda . ’ |
| 11 | Teams of detectives have spent the last two days searching the house . |
| 12 | Smith 's copies have spent the last six days under lock and key at its Dunstable depot . |
| 13 | Lawyers for the relatives have spent the last two years arguing that the Government breached Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights , which guarantees the ‘ right to life ’ . |