Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [verb] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike has been putting his time to good use organising charity western shoot outs for Bosnian aid . |
| 2 | She 'd been wasting her time . |
| 3 | He argued that teenagers were wasting their opportunities at Dovercourt , keeping the futile hope alive that they would be adopted by rich families and lead a fine life , when they could have been using their time to constructive purpose . |
| 4 | William looked around at the stacks of cartons and bundles and felt that he had been wasting his time tidying the stock . |
| 5 | My running told me that I had been wasting my time all those years , but I did n't regret that too much . |
| 6 | She now set out to please my mother , not by pretence that she had been spending her time worthily , but in shared reminiscence . |
| 7 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 8 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I reckon we 've been wasting our time . ’ |
| 10 | For three years I 've been biding my time , digging in at Deptford . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been biding my time waiting for this Ulster call , and was delighted when John Clarke gave me the nod , ’ he said . |
| 12 | So I 've been biding my time . |
| 13 | In my own case , it is the knowledge that a Labour victory has the effect of a firework in a stagnant pool , in that it brings all the scum to the surface : not just the trade union ruffians , who have been biding their time , but the Left-wing teachers , the child abuse and anti-smoking fanatics , the Hunt Saboteurs , all the ugly underside of British life will suddenly have a powerful voice in the nation 's councils . |
| 14 | ‘ They have been taking their time . |
| 15 | ‘ I see you are determined to prove your assertion that I have been wasting my time . |
| 16 | I have been waiting my time . |
| 17 | They have been spending their time writing a book telling both sides of their story . |
| 18 | After a few weeks the time log sheets are analysed for you by a specialist who duly reports back on how you have been spending your time . |
| 19 | Ever since her children started school she 's been filling her time making sculptures from scrap . |
| 20 | He 's been working his time man . |