Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | If workers were spending their time in this way , they were not only exercising a leisure preference but were consuming a non-essential . |
| 2 | So he yawned , asked if Marcus was using his time in any particular way , looked at his watch . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps I wanted to convince her that I had found a replacement for her and she was wasting her time in trying to fan burned-out ashes to life . ’ |
| 4 | I would be alarmed if my son was spending his time in such groups . ’ |
| 5 | She could n't think why — the last thing she wanted was to prolong her time in his company . |
| 6 | But it had not eluded Jack Stone , and he had thought that Stone was as prepared to pay his time in prison , in order know return to that normality , as Chrissie was to pay her time in waiting for him . |