Example sentences of "be spent [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The start of the game , with Scotland camped in Malta 's half , appeared to imply that the night would be spent wearing down a Maltese defence which used Buttigieg as a sweeper behind four other bodies . |
| 2 | Fraught and frantic Saturday must be spent sorting out domestic dramas and cramming as much fun and laughter as you can into one short day . |
| 3 | At other times , the demands of his body clock and society coincided but then much of his time would be spent catching up on lost sleep . |
| 4 | It 's amazing how much time can be spent getting down to work — without actually doing any ! |
| 5 | Two hours of every night can be spent backing up data : Miller demands System 10 improve this by an order of magnitude . |
| 6 | Two hours of every night can sometimes be spent backing up data : Miller demands System 10 improve this by an order of magnitude . |