Example sentences of "have spent [det] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rodrigo was born near here at Bivar in 1043 and would have spent much of his childhood in sight of these rugged hills . |
| 2 | He was soon in demand as a proctor in Rome , where he must have spent much of his time , acting for the clergy of the province of Canterbury and also the bishop of Exeter in 1277 , and for John Peckham [ q.v. ] , archbishop of Canterbury , between 1279 and 1282 . |
| 3 | Thousands of young people will be spending this Christmas on the streets because they have no home to go to , and over a third of them will have spent most of their childhood in care . |
| 4 | HAD SHE been born 10 years ago , baby Jessica Kelly would by now have spent most of her life in hospital . |
| 5 | Even if this were the case , there would still be the social problems experienced by mentally handicapped people who may have spent most of their lives in a hospital and find it difficult to cope with a completely new environment . |
| 6 | That 's the season when coloured hollies or laurels which may have spent most of the summer masked by the bright herbaceous flowers in the foreground , take centre stage and preside over the border . |
| 7 | He probably left for Wales in November 1469 and may have spent most of the next few months there . |
| 8 | I have to say I must have spent most of my time in the toilets . |
| 9 | He probably left for Wales in November 1469 and may have spent most of the next few months there . |
| 10 | " And he ca n't have spent any of it , living with his old father in that poky cottage . |