Example sentences of "[noun pl] spent [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most informal of all were the periods spent at the Villa Eugénie at Biarritz , the house built by the Emperor for his wife at what was then a small fishing port which she had known long before her marriage . |
| 2 | AFTER a familiar Eighties-style de-tox saga , Hiatt returned after years spent as the nearly-man with this scary , hilarious and durable collection . |
| 3 | After years spent under the thumb of finance ministries , an increasing number have been given independence from politicians . |
| 4 | Published by the Menil Foundation with Mercator Fonds and Thames & Hudson ( £45 ) , it is aimed at a wider readership , but it will be the essential essay for all students keen to learn how a great scholar 's opinions have been honed over the long years spent in the consideration of Magritte 's art . |
| 5 | His autobiographical reminiscences mention two years spent in the laboratory of Sir Charles Wheatstone [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | He gave the impression of having little time for the Member , despite Grunte 's many years spent in the motor trade . |
| 7 | By day it 's relaxed with lazy days spent on the beach , sitting in the harbourside bars , or cycling sedately through the beautiful countryside exploring the ancient ruins of this historic island . |
| 8 | Nobody cared and now nobody can even see clearly in Los Angeles where twenty-eight days spent in the city constitute a health hazard , and smog from car exhausts hangs over the L A basin from the San Gabriel mountains to the ocean . |
| 9 | Rather more fun and doubtless just as fruitful was the Odyssey Theatre Company 's research for their Macbeth : six weeks spent with the support of the Scottish Arts Council on the Indonesian island of Bali . |
| 10 | The total hours spent on the carriage so far are 226 hours 30 minutes . |
| 11 | The charges made will vary with different brigades , and will depend on the number of vehicles and fire fighters attending the incident , and the number of hours spent on the job . |
| 12 | lateness and long hours spent in the pub at lunchtime ? |
| 13 | The two , sometimes three , hours spent in the College quadrangle when , we are told , the Professor would courteously listen and give an intelligible answer to every question , and when the instruction he communicated was stamped on the memory by the good temper and joke and repartee with which it was accompanied , these were periods which an old student liked to call to memory , for they were hours pleasantly and usefully passed . |
| 14 | The hours spent beneath the apple tree assumed a distorted quality as though she were looking at them through an unfocused lens . |
| 15 | Five minutes spent at the Health Centre looking at the patient 's notes , and someone has removed my medical bag with all my portable diagnostic equipment inside it . |
| 16 | The Scottish Office still refused to pay this £3million despite the astronomic sums spent on the parallel A9 road . |
| 17 | Apart from the swine , and a few small fields where corn was grown , and half a dozen apple trees , and the pigeons and the rabbits , the money the travellers spent at the Inn was all the wealth of Ridgery Butts . |
| 18 | In short , this kind of work can not be approached by examining its cost-effectiveness in terms of man-hours spent in the community . |
| 19 | For every three turns spent in the Tower there is a -5 cumulative penalty to this test . |
| 20 | A women 's magazine , Women 's Tapeover , was soon to follow , preceded by many pleasant evenings spent in the company of Jenny and her friend Sue . |
| 21 | The nights spent in the room under the cold fluorescent light . |