Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] spend [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had spent many years teaching the EFATO to PPL students , but this was different . |
| 2 | Pat , Gabriel and I had spent some years unpicking these variables , but if I wanted to study the cellular events occurring in the minutes after the behavioural stimulus had ceased and representing distinct stages in memory formation , then imprinting would n't be the model of choice . |
| 3 | But she had spent many years perfecting the art of the memo . |
| 4 | She had spent many years of her adult life in Page Street and most of her old friends still lived there in the row of terraced houses . |
| 5 | His ambition was stimulated by Nnamdi Azikwe , a Nigerian , who had spent many years ( 1925 — 34 ) in the United States doing graduate work at Lincoln University and the University of Pennsylvania . |
| 6 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 7 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 8 | The real pioneer of the Italian monodic style in Germany was one of his pupils , Johann Nauwach ( c. 1595–c. 1630 ) , who like him had spent some years in Italy . |
| 9 | He had spent several years in the Sudan and he gave us a tip : ‘ Never take a taxi there , ’ he said , ‘ without fixing the price for the journey before you get in . ’ |
| 10 | He had spent several years amongst the small Indonesian islands off Singapore . |
| 11 | But they were all quite delightful fellows about the same age as most of the airmen pupils , and we seemed to fit in very well with each other ; although most of us had spent several years in the RAF the acting pilot officers had only spent , say , a couple of months . |