Example sentences of "[vb past] pass [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked to pass the time until the tea cooled . |
| 2 | I tried to pass the time imagining the pleasant , and peaceful , countryside all around us as we drove through the mountains . |
| 3 | The bacon burgers were awful and the coffee was at 1000 degrees C , but that months copy of VIZ helped to pass the time . |
| 4 | ‘ I came to pass the time of day , that 's all . ’ |
| 5 | He had fled abroad when Mary Tudor succeeded , and had passed the time writing letters of consolation to English Protestants , and , in 1554 , a savage attack on the English government , the Admonition to England . |
| 6 | Otherwise the men had passed the time reading and keeping an eye out for aircraft . |
| 7 | The following day , having asked some leading questions of our local newsagent — Mr Bales always seemed to know exactly what was going on in the terrace and was only too happy to share his knowledge with anyone who wanted to pass the time of day — I presented myself at the offices of John D. Wood in Mount Street . |