He had already spent a quarter of a billion dollars to get the project started.

They are spending a quarter of a billion dollars on their various plots.

The city has spent a quarter of a million dollars on repairs over the last four years.

How would it look if he spent a quarter of a million dollars on gold for a dome?

They spend a good quarter of an hour whistling for it, and then give up.

I've spent a quarter of a million on legal fees already.

Having received the request, the machine intelligence spent a quarter of a second thinking about it.

They spent a quarter of an hour wandering around the control center.

We just spent a quarter of a million dollars building these things!

Spend a quarter and find out, the cover seemed to say.