Example sentences of "[was/were] bide [pos pn] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the year of the first World Championships , and many of the big names in sprinting were biding their time . |
| 2 | The snow gave them proof of what they always feared : the winter-hungry foxes were biding their time , ready to raid any hen-house which remained unfastened at dusk . |
| 3 | The Mendozas , however , were biding their time . |
| 4 | And while they were biding their time over a game of backgammon down in the café , William used to wander through the silent , cluttered rooms where their investment languished , gathering dust . |
| 5 | The snake was biding its time . |
| 6 | Angel was biding his time . |
| 7 | He was biding his time . |
| 8 | He was biding his time , thinking up even more facilities to add , when what he had created was magnificent already . |