41.   The third year is spent abroad and the fourth year follows the pattern of the final year of the single honours degree.

42.   They spent a year crisscrossing the country by bus.

43.   We had spent years pressing for this event and then battled for months about every detail of our plans.

44.   Russell had spent a year in prison before he was found not guilty.

45.   College students often max out their credit cards and spend years repaying the debt.

46.   He spent years acquiring his skills as a surgeon.

47.   After a lifetime of poverty, his last few years were spent in comparable comfort.

48.   He spent a year bumming around Australia.

49.   She had spent years trying to track down her parents.