Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one level they were just marking time , spending a few days in the country at a friend 's house . |
| 2 | They were simply buying time , came out with a white paper that meant absolutely nothing and now we see the full effects of it . |
| 3 | I was just killing time . |
| 4 | Mr Rushdie also met federal parliamentarians in Ottawa , and although he was not granted time with the Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney , he said that his reception by the External Affairs Minister Barbara McDougall encouraged him to believe that Canada was firmly behind the campaign to get the death sentence lifted . |
| 5 | The gulls that screeched warning to their fellows as she approached too near their territory frightened her , but since this was not nesting time , none spat . |
| 6 | It was one of the biggest deals I had ever done and it was also harvest time . |
| 7 | If anything , she was relieved at the outcome –f that particular incident — Josie had been right when she 'd said that after going so far Lucy was now marking time and getting no further . |
| 8 | He was simply buying time . |
| 9 | We did not see the signal as it was fast approaching time for our departure from York , but just before we left Mr Hopkin he informed us that there were also tickets , buttons , maybe som small brass fittings , an 1864 rail chair and possibly the original chimney of Carlisle from before her 1924 heavy overhaul . |
| 10 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |