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"spent five years" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in English.
It typically refers to a period of time that someone has already lived or experienced. An example sentence could be: "He spent five years working as a doctor before deciding to change careers." This sentence indicates that the person was a doctor for five years in the past.
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Lovett spent five years as an undergraduate.
Ai Weiwei himself spent five years there.
He spent five years with the Bengals.
Fitts spent five years researching and writing "Banzai Babe Ruth".
She had spent five years working on her six paintings.
She spent five years as an assistant coach here.
Eventually, he was arrested, and spent five years in prison.
He spent five years as a captive of the Soviets.
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I spent fourteen years there.
He spent six years in prison.
The S.E.C. spent three years investigating Allied.
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