I think our time could be better spent trying to change the system.

Our whole day is spent trying to keep things together.

"Better than the years we spent trying to look through lead."

Your efforts would be better spent trying to find my ship.

Half the day would be spent trying to sit still at a desk.

About the twenty years spent trying to become a judge.

Our whole career was spent trying not to 'fit in'.

"Unfortunately most of the time we spend trying to find out if it's bad for people."

But in spite of all the time and money spent trying to do them, nothing much had happened.

How many hours had she spent trying to find Julia?