Example sentences of "[verb] away [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beast , or rather the cloud of smoke , kept lunging at Little Billy , but Swan was too quick for him and jinked away every time . |
| 2 | A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above . |
| 3 | " We ca n't have you fainting away every time we go to an auto-da-fé . " |
| 4 | But it 's too late now , I 've frittered away the time , as usual . |
| 5 | He whiled away the time by contemplating the stained glass lancet windows behind the preacher and the holy table . |
| 6 | Outside the men whiled away the time brewing tea on the pavement . |
| 7 | Bored GIs waiting for the war with Iraq to begin whiled away the time with fellow female soldiers . |
| 8 | Bored GIs waiting for the war with Iraq to begin whiled away the time with fellow female soldiers . |
| 9 | There were bars across it , behind which Silly-Willie whiled away the time . |
| 10 | They whiled away the time , Ranulf playing dice against himself , the only time he ever lost . |
| 11 | But even with her help I do n't concentrate properly in class , I just dream away the time , and then I ca n't answer the teacher 's questions . ’ |