| spend try | 3.42 | A lot of hours were spent trying to figure this out. | ||
| spend help | 2.11 | Time is also spent helping elderly and disabled people. | ||
| spend work | 2.04 | On the train, that time can be spent working. | ||
| spend treat | 1.97 | But she does know how much she spent to treat him before running out of money. | ||
| spend play | 1.51 | Time was spent playing, sleeping and roaming. | ||
| spend develop | 1.45 | The past year has been spent developing a protocol for the study. | ||
| spend buy | 1.38 | Perelman would not say how much he had spent to buy the bonds. | ||
| spend fight | 1.32 | How much is spent fighting drug traffickers? | ||
| spend do | 1.18 | Presumably, the time is spent doing work. | ||
| spend get | 1.18 | Avoid spending to get even. | ||
| spend talk | 1.18 | Much of the time is spent talking. | ||
| spend be | 1.12 | What are you spending your time doing? | ||
| spend discuss | 1.12 | Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues. | ||
| spend watch | 1.12 | Family time was spent watching Mel Brooks and Monty Python movies. | ||
| spend look | 1.05 | Some times a whole period is spent looking at a ladybird. | ||
| spend make | 1.05 | Well, how much did you spend to make your voice heard? | ||
| spend build | 0.99 | His life had been spent building empires. | ||
| spend meet | 0.99 | We need to control spending in order to meet our financial objectives. | ||
| spend support | 0.86 | He would not say how much the bank had spent to support the crown. | ||
| spend improve | 0.79 | Half was spent improving the Mountwood and Woodchurch vessels. |