Example sentences of "spent [art] lot [prep] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've spent a lot of money on you , ' ’ they told the animal ‘ 'why are n't you performing ? ' ’ ''Ah , ’ replied the bull , ‘ 'I was only sent here in an advisory capacity . ' ’ |
| 2 | He had obviously spent a lot of money on them and he felt cheated . |
| 3 | DEC , which held the Dutch introduction to its new Alpha machines here , and Hewlett-Packard , had both spent a lot of money on assembling and staffing the stands , and were less than happy with the trickle of visitors descending from the various sessions down onto the show floor . |
| 4 | The German government has never spent a lot of money on culture , and after reunification it cut the social , not the cultural , budget which is absurdly low anyhow . |
| 5 | spent a lot of money on reflexology to see if it would help her sleep . |
| 6 | ‘ We have spent a lot of money on the Elland Road stadium and we have to make sure resources are there for developments on and off the field . |
| 7 | " His business and his horses — and then it looks as though he has spent a lot of money on the stables . " |
| 8 | ‘ Both Villa and United have spent a lot of money on quality players . |
| 9 | Well this , who is must be related to David , anyway , erm they bought the house facing the o is it Old Cross , Old Gate bridge and has spent a lot of money on doing it up , li just over three million of course the whole of the downstairs was flooded today . |
| 10 | Uncle Joe used to advise local farmers on sheep-breeding and had spent a lot of time on Tina 's family farm . |
| 11 | I 've spent a lot of time on this . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time on the Heath lately , ’ Bill says . |
| 13 | I 've spent a lot of time on this job — or rather wasted a lot of time — it meant a great deal to me . " |
| 14 | The children had obviously spent a lot of time on them . ’ |
| 15 | He comes out , and he , he went down there , and looked out , because we 'd spent a lot of time on it , getting it right , and we were well chuffed about it . |