Object

• time: I am glad you were able to spend the time sitting out in the sun with Pepper.

• lot: Linux users tend to spend lots of time under Linux, they are a bit out of touch with the windows world.

• rest: She spend the rest of her money on markers.

Present participle complement

• relax: The ones looking for contact with nature are invited to spend relaxing hours with fishing-rod on the Vistula riverbank or at the park pond.

Preposition: on

• placement: Your third year is spent on placement in a social research organization where your skills can be practiced and honed.

Adjective complement

• more: The Government will spend more than £ 1.7 billion on Winter Fuel Payments this year.

• online: You just pay a local-rate call charge for the time you spend online - as low as 1p per minute.

Present participle complement

• try: The rest of the game was spent trying to equalize against a Lowdham defense that grew more panicky and cynical with each passing minute.

• birding: Our last day in Galveston was spent birding the general area around town.

• travel: Time spent traveling, usually in bad conditions, is excessive in the eyes of many of us.

Preposition: in

• classroom: Student performance seems to increase with each year the teacher spends in the classroom.

Adjective complement

• less: More than seven out of ten firms spent less than 5 % on marketing themselves.

Preposition: in

• excess: B&NES has spent in excess of £ 500,000 on the Southgate application.