Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her philosophy is clear : ‘ I hate wasting time . |
| 2 | I want Marking Time and that three-year-old filly of yours to run at Kempton on Saturday . |
| 3 | I hope that my right hon. Friends will consider finding time for such legislation when they penetrate the meaning of that wonderful phrase , ’ Further measures will be laid before you . ’ |
| 4 | When a business finds itself seriously short of cash it can often buy breathing time by approaching its creditors and asking for a moratorium on payments . |
| 5 | This will involve the sending of rejection letters or invitations to interview detailing time , place and other arrangements . |
| 6 | ‘ Stop wasting time , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Now stop wasting time and get on with what you 're supposed to be doing . ’ |
| 8 | Now , stop wasting time . ’ |
| 9 | Come on , stop wasting time . |
| 10 | The NRA intends attaching time limits although practical difficulties and technical problems will be taken into account because ‘ changes ca n't happen overnight , even though the gravity of the general situation demands rapid progress . ’ |
| 11 | It guards its independence and tries to avoid wasting time with ICI 's corporate matters . |
| 12 | For these reasons students must be able both to identify and find parts of the discourse and to avoid wasting time on minute and irrelevant detail . |
| 13 | ‘ The reason I advertised for applications in person was to avoid wasting time on preliminary letters , short-listing and so forth . |
| 14 | Thirdly , he was a politician and in the last 20 years of his life , he gave 3 political speeches a week in different parts of the country and wrote a number of books on the train going from one speaking engagement to another to avoid wasting time . |
| 15 | Will the Leader of the House consider allocating time to look at planning requirements as they affect former nationalised industries such as the regional electricity boards , which continue to behave as though they were not in business for profit ? |
| 16 | But often I hated spending time with them . |
| 17 | He normally hung about the house all day and disappeared before his father brought the sheep back from pasture so as to avoid milking time . |
| 18 | From now on she tried to avoid spending time with Angel . |
| 19 | They 're a very companionable couple , and enjoy spending time together , they go to political meetings , have the family round , work in their magnificent garden . |
| 20 | Enjoy spending time at home . |
| 21 | For another , Jean-Claude hated taking time off from his work . |
| 22 | She found herself enjoying the sight of his embarrassment and frantic need to buy thinking time . |
| 23 | Files will occasionally spread themselves over as many as fifteen non-contiguous clusters , which increases loading time substantially . |
| 24 | Having several models economized shooting time since a second unit could operate simultaneously . |
| 25 | This includes arranging time for discussion of the job/personnel specification beforehand , time for making a joint preliminary selection from application forms/c.v.s , and time for the decision-making meeting afterwards ; |
| 26 | The aim of this project was to provide foreign learners of French with an indispensable minimum vocabulary ; by eliminating all words outside this minimum the learner would avoid wasting time on unnecessary items . |
| 27 | If the UK Government is serious about stopping the greenhouse effect it should stop wasting time on long-term impracticalities such as nuclear power and look at what can be achieved now . |
| 28 | A journalist who requested the check to see if Mr Clinton had applied for citizenship to avoid the draft was told to ‘ stop wasting time chasing silly American stories ’ , said Mr Clarke . |
| 29 | ‘ Its figures only measure waiting time from the day a patient is put on to a consultant 's in-patient or day case waiting list . |
| 30 | I remember spending time with her in the summer at her home . |