1.   I spent over an hour looking for my keys, and they were in my purse all along.

2.   I spent over an hour trying to work out the equation.

3.   They spent over an hour laying the food out for the party.

4.   Rods spent over an hour working out the best route to take.

5.   Fang and Li had spent over a year sheltering in the United States embassy in Beijing, having sought refuge there in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

6.   Income is usually defined in terms of the amount of money an individual can spend over a period while leaving his or her net wealth position unaltered.

7.   I spent just over an hour with Patterson which, I found out later, turned out to be another first.

8.   And the Congressional Budget Office has estimated the amounts that will be spent over the next five years if current law remains in place.

9.   Any amount spent over the amount in the account would be paid by the beneficiary to the point where full coverage began.

10.   Baker will not say how much of his own money he has spent over the years.