Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | From what I hear they 're both having the time of their lives ! |
| 2 | As those matters are clearly occupying the time of Ministers in the European Community , and as interest in the issue is bound to deepen with the removal of internal border controls , does the Home Secretary accept the proposed draft treaty article A arrangements recognising the common interest of Community countries in such matters ? |
| 3 | Spain 's dominant classes were therefore permitted the time and opportunity for marshalling their powerful opposition to the very measures that were intended to weaken them . |
| 4 | If you ask me , he 's one of those chaps whose marriage was so close and idyllic that he 'll never get over his wife 's death : he 's just passing the time as usefully as he can . |
| 5 | We was just passin' the time till the relief came . ’ |