Example sentences of "is [v-ing] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comprehension depends upon rapid work recognition , for if the reader is devoting time and attention to the individual words , then the relationships between words will not be appreciated and the integration of word meanings will not be calculated . |
| 2 | ‘ This is wasting time ! ’ |
| 3 | But all this talk is wasting time . |
| 4 | It should be made clear that if anyone does not understand what someone has said they should always ask , and that this is meeting time well spent . |
| 5 | The man is a rogue , he stole from his own firm and now that he is serving time in Swansea Prison , I could never allow him near you , let alone marry you . ’ |
| 6 | It would be a mistake to assume that sleep is a period when the body is marking time and just ticking over idly . |
| 7 | No wonder Yves Montand says in the film Grand Prix : ‘ There 's only racing : everything else is marking time . ’ |
| 8 | His wounded country needs time and international tolerance to recover and , accepting the inevitable , he is buying time with a series of compromises . |
| 9 | Next it is feeding time . |
| 10 | The scenes in solitary are especially well depicted , as the prisoners react to a shrill whistle when it is feeding time , but Schaffner 's tone , like McQueen 's personality , lacks the austerity needed for such a subject . |
| 11 | She has an Iranian husband who is doing time , and two children in juvenile custody . |
| 12 | Information technology sales doubled to £92million as a result of the CASE takeover , though it is taking time to bring profitability up to the levels elsewhere in the group . |
| 13 | When Italian voters go the polls today they will have a bewildering array of 116 parties to choose from , including the Movement in Defence of Motorists , the League of Housewives and Pensioners and , of course , the Party of Love , headed by Italy 's self-styled porno star , Moana Pozzi — who has recently taken over the mantle from her screen colleague and Member of Parliament , Ilona Staller , La Cicciolina , who is taking time off from politics to have a baby . |
| 14 | Actress Beverley D'Angelo is taking time out from her screen career to perform a risqué country set across the Bible belt . |
| 15 | The Profitboss 's greatest skill is finding time : finding time for all those who would lose time without his help . |
| 16 | The Soviet Union is offering time on the Salyut 7 X-ray telescopes not only to France , but also to Holland , West Germany and the European Space Agency . |
| 17 | ‘ He is killing time , ’ Bicker grated , ‘ and I would like to know why . ’ |