花费时间/消耗时间大致以下几种表达：

1, it takes sb how much time to do sth

例：It took me two hours to drive from the railway station to the hotel.

从火车站到宾馆开车花了我两个小时。

2, sb spends how much time on sth

例：I spent 2 hours on the drive/way from the railway station to the hotel.

意思同上面例句。

3, sb spends how much time (in) doing sth

同样表达上面例句的意思，这个用法就是

I spent 2 hours driving from the railway station to the hotel.

4. 还有一种，有些时候invest 后面也可以跟时间，

比如： You need to invest a huge amount of time and money on this project.

你得投资/花大量的时间和金钱在这个项目上。