Example sentences of "was [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rumour , therefore , was given time to breed and , for my own honour 's sake and for hers , I could do nothing , nothing , but endure it … ’ |
| 2 | She was wasting time . |
| 3 | He realized he was wasting time ; the past could wait , the future was running on a short time-fuse . |
| 4 | She was wasting time here . |
| 5 | She had no evidence to connect the boy with Puddephat 's disappearance , and she was wasting time . |
| 6 | She was wasting time trying to rack her brains , and if there was one thing she hated doing , it was wasting time . |
| 7 | She was wasting time trying to rack her brains , and if there was one thing she hated doing , it was wasting time . |
| 8 | My stomach said it was eating time again . |
| 9 | This explains why the general election was delayed time after time : clearly , all that mattered was the recession . |
| 10 | She did so by lifting one of Chase 's Doc Martin 's ( the other was keeping time ) and pushing the joint under it . |
| 11 | In his last illness Charlie Thomson was granted time to compose his mind and convey his messages . |
| 12 | But sometimes there was an uneasy undercurrent to disturb the tranquillity — including , of course , the feeling that I was marking time while great and stirring events were in the offing — war , for instance . |
| 13 | I was marking time until something better came along |
| 14 | M. B. I am quite candidly of the opinion that I would have left the police out of a feeling of resentment because I was overlooked time and time again for inferior men . |
| 15 | It was getting time for the last bus across London Bridge for the District Line . |
| 16 | It was getting early evening now , it was getting time to eat . |
| 17 | He abused his inheritance , behaved extravagantly , and nearly got his comeuppance from the weasels — a violent proletariat who squatted in his house while he was doing time for car theft . |
| 18 | He was doing time for debt , as I recall . |
| 19 | The guy had about one brain cell and he was doing time in it . |
| 20 | She was doing time for several rather serious drug-related offences . |
| 21 | If the operative part could properly be controlled by the recitals , I think there would be much reason to say that the only thing contemplated by the recitals was giving time for payment , without any relinquishment , on the part of the judgment creditor , of any portion of the amount recoverable ( whether for principal or for interest ) under the judgment . |
| 22 | The purpose of the change was to save time and money , but the change is not wholly welcome , because in practice it will draw an even sharper distinction between represented and unrepresented parties . |
| 23 | It is admitted that the object of the preliminary issue was to save time and money ; the compromise issue and the cancellation required to be decided in any event and if first decided and in favour of the respondents would render unnecessary any further expenditure of time and money . |
| 24 | The spirit of Ord 25 was to save time and costs and there was no evidence that two similar experts would waste either . |
| 25 | It was taking time for Britain to recover from the First World War . |
| 26 | And the fact that she was taking time off with her dyke lover offered more flexibility , more opportunities for invention . |
| 27 | FESTIVAL comedy queen Pauline Daniels was taking time out from her Royal duties today . |
| 28 | Of course Jordan was taking time off to talk to him , and of course he was observed , probably on all sides . |
| 29 | So now and this is this one much like while I was taking time off |
| 30 | From long experience he knew that one of the roads to problem solving was to allow time for the sub-conscious mind to operate . |