Example sentences of "play for time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bluebeard 's wife , about to be killed by her ferocious husband for disobeying his instructions , desperately plays for time as she knows her brothers are on their way to visit her . |
| 2 | He played for time . |
| 3 | Truman played for time by appointing a brains trust of three to advise him . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's here somewhere , ’ Rose played for time and lost . |
| 5 | The Secret Committee which Alexander set up to consider the matter also played for time . |
| 6 | ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job . |
| 7 | The confused evidence suggests they are acting on their own initiative , not on directives from East Berlin to play for time . |
| 8 | So I took my time over the bread and dripping and I spilt my cocoa on the floor in an effort to play for time . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ The kids would prefer to have me than the house and I ca n't afford to play for time . ’ |
| 10 | Henry 's only plan at this moment was to play for time . |
| 11 | He decides , literally , to play for time and makes a debut at Nero 's banquet that evening . |
| 12 | A number of well-known independent brands such as Marker and Volkl continue to play for time , while others are doubtless praying for the white knights of the ski business . |
| 13 | Perhaps in a deliberate attempt to reassert his authority by disconcerting all the interested parties , or simply following his instinct to play for time , Franco resorted to his old tactic of duplicity . |
| 14 | Throughout the winter of 1915–16 , Law played for time and stalled demands for a meeting of the Central Council , while Unionist ministers pressed the party case in cabinet . |
| 15 | But , all the time , he was telling himself : ‘ Play for time . |
| 16 | Play for time . |
| 17 | Mr Shamir , who now leads a caretaker government , must play for time while doing his utmost to talk the religious parties out of making a deal with Labour . |
| 18 | This view was reflected by one observer in Rabat , who said : ‘ He ( King Hassan ) has so clearly been playing for time . |
| 19 | The governments , nervous , are playing for time . |
| 20 | I said , playing for time . |
| 21 | ‘ Let me find that letter first , ’ said Vic , riffling blindly through the papers in his Pending-tray , playing for time . |
| 22 | There was no reference to the key educational issue in the Queen 's speech , and Michael Stewart ( the new Secretary of State ) was obviously playing for time : ‘ I would rather wait a bit for a good comprehensive system than try to push a sham version in its place . ’ |
| 23 | Official denials by the Argentine Foreign Office were interpreted as playing for time to avoid loss of face . |
| 24 | Neither , to his disappointment , did the blunt and usually outspoken Eleanor who had guessed , correctly , that Freddie was playing for time , hoping for news of his old flame . |
| 25 | Playing for time . |
| 26 | Playing for time . |
| 27 | It was obvious to Folly that he was playing for time . |
| 28 | He frowned at her , playing for time . |
| 29 | However , after a second round of US-PLO talks in Tunis on March 22 , 1989 , the PLO leadership expressed fears that the USA lacked a specific programme for resolving the Palestinian issue , and was playing for time to secure a halt to the intifada ( " uprising " ) . |
| 30 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |