Example sentences of "spend [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How much time do you spend each day on the phone ? |
| 2 | How much time do you spend each day on the phone ? |
| 3 | If possible we must spend that time at Coate [ where Edward then was ] , and now I long to go to Horsmonden , for every place where you have lived and been happy , is to me dearer than any others . |
| 4 | If father is the speechreader , he should regularly spend that little extra time with the children . |
| 5 | The mitre template has since come back onto the market , but at prices like £18-£20 and considering the relatively small amount of work in which it is employed , some readers will no doubt feel that they could spend that money more profitably , so will want to make their own . |
| 6 | So it is easy option to borrow and spend that money on services . |
| 7 | Yeah but you may spend that bloody standing at end of a bloody airfield here thinking nothing 's been done . |
| 8 | We have to try and spend that to the maximum benefit of patients . ’ |
| 9 | we 're gon na spend that fifteen |
| 10 | you got five hundred quid bonus , why do n't you spend that ? |
| 11 | We shall probably spend that tonight ! |
| 12 | Well he 's sure he would n't spend that money ! |
| 13 | You can spend that you know |
| 14 | It 's all here , so why not spend that holiday at home this year and give a boost to our much needed travel industry and tourism industry in this country ? |
| 15 | No I , I ca n't spend that . |
| 16 | When you arrive at work you may then spend another six hours sitting in a chair working . |
| 17 | IT 'S New Year 's Eve and you can barely look at food , let alone spend another day preparing a mountain of it for tonight 's hungry party guests . |
| 18 | I dare not spend another farthing , and it would be suicide for me to go to the bank , even if Richard agreed , which he wo n't . ’ |
| 19 | You 'll get dressed , like a good girl , and we 'll go down and spend another jolly night in the cellars . |
| 20 | She 'd sworn she 'd never spend another moment in Nicolo 's company and now here she was , about to endure who knew how many hours of it . |
| 21 | But the battalion did n't give him that many evenings off during the week , and if she did n't see him when he was free it often turned out to be several days before they could spend another evening together . |
| 22 | You did n't spend half enough when you got the chance , ’ he said when he saw the bill . |
| 23 | Teacher absenteeism is also exacerbated by general shortages of goods and services : teachers , like other employees , can spend half their days chasing scarce consumer goods for their families , instead of being in the classroom . |
| 24 | Both halves have their merits , but together their appeal will be limited to those teachers of computer science , who if lecturing on the impact of motor traffic on society , would spend half the time on the way sparking plugs work . |
| 25 | When they did enough to earn wages , they were allowed to keep or spend half , the other half being saved for them on their release . |
| 26 | At a number of North-Eastern stations a porter would spend half an hour every Saturday or Sunday releasing pigeons from individual baskets , according to the instructions on the label . |
| 27 | ‘ If Father agreed , I 'd spend half my time with you . |
| 28 | The Colonel could only spend half an hour with us . |
| 29 | They stated that the government would spend half the revenues raised to pay debts and would cut expenditure in 1993 , including axing projects which did not generate jobs . |
| 30 | ‘ How come , if he 's the Devil Incarnate , does he spend half the book down there in that poxy little room ? |