Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farmer approached at that moment and was angry with Tess for wasting time talking to a stranger . |
| 2 | The best starting point for understanding time and its measurement will be the children 's own experience and the landmarks in their own very short life such as birthdays , going to school , the birth of brothers and sisters , etc . |
| 3 | ‘ Now there is no need for wasting time with plastic surgery as Elizabeth Arden has designed a new cream for conquering those misshapen noses . ’ |
| 4 | The success rate for calculating time intervals depended on whether there were figures other than zero in the units column of the minutes . |
| 5 | The sub-contractor may also have claims against the builder , for example for standing time where materials or plant are not available . |
| 6 | 8.16.4 No machinery for extending time |
| 7 | ( 1 ) In this Order — ’ allotted day ’ means any day ( other than a Friday ) on which the Bill is put down as first Government Order of the day , provided that a Motion for allotting time to the proceedings on the Bill to be taken on that day either has been agreed on a previous day , or is set down for consideration on that day ; ’ the Bill ’ means the Local Government Finance Bill . |
| 8 | As with so many poisonous animals , the tarantula prefers to keep its venom for feeding time and only employs it against enemies as a last resort . |
| 9 | This , in turn , was the subject of a celebrated book by the German writer , Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , who argued that sculpture was not a fit medium for representing time and movement . |