1.   He spent five months on unemployment before finding a job that paid much less than his previous job.

2.   We bought an old house in Edinburgh, and spent months trying to fix it up and make it reasonably comfortable.

3.   As a result, the investigators have spent months attempting to corroborate every important and mundane detail mentioned on them.

4.   Boston officials, who had spent months preparing for the debate, were relieved and thrilled with the decision.

5.   A legendary stickler for preparation when he was playing basketball, Johnson has also spent months doing rehearsal shows, and taking lessons from a voice and interviewing coach.

6.   Both sides had expected it, both sides had spent months planning for it and both sides had refused any serious attempts at compromise to prevent it.

7.   But the largely female union had spent months telling members and passengers how little newly hired flight attendants could earn.

8.   Chapnik sent written proposals and spent months researching and making contacts with the Tuvalu government.

9.   CSX and hostile bidder Norfolk Southern spent months fighting for control of Conrail, before agreeing to sit down and negotiate in January.

10.   Dole has spent months campaigning as the presumptive GOP nominee, to little reward.