Example sentences of "passed [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had forgotten to bring anything to read with me , so I passed the time by staring thoughtfully at the emptiness around me , sipping a glass of water and making up Scandinavian riddles — |
| 2 | Mcduff passed the time writing letters . |
| 3 | ‘ It passed the time , ’ Nicholas said . |
| 4 | He knew most of the men who used the line and passed the time of day with them . |
| 5 | He passed the time Dreamwalking . |
| 6 | They sang songs like the birds and made shapes on the walls ; and though these could help them not at all , yet they passed the time and enabled them to tell themselves that they were splendid fellows , the very flower of Rabbitry , cleverer than magpies . |
| 7 | It passed the time . |
| 8 | With Mr Boyd ministering , and Lady Errol attending to her children , Boswell and Johnson passed the time — it will have been close to , or even after , seven o'clock by now — chatting quietly , admiring the sea view , inspecting the pictures , including a portrait of Lord Errol by their ‘ amiable and elegant friend ’ , of whom Johnson observed , concluding some complimentary remarks , ‘ Sir Joshua Reynolds is the most invulnerable man I know ; the man with whom if you should quarrel , you would find the most difficulty how to abuse . ’ |
| 9 | They passed the time chatting as they knitted or mended . |
| 10 | The rest of the staff passed the time each in his own way . |
| 11 | It was time for a film , a film I had watched before , however I did not mind as it passed the time . |
| 12 | It passed the time . |
| 13 | He passed the time of day with Two Coats the tramp . |