Example sentences of "while away [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He whiled away the time by contemplating the stained glass lancet windows behind the preacher and the holy table . |
| 3 | Outside the men whiled away the time brewing tea on the pavement . |
| 4 | Bored GIs waiting for the war with Iraq to begin whiled away the time with fellow female soldiers . |
| 5 | Bored GIs waiting for the war with Iraq to begin whiled away the time with fellow female soldiers . |
| 6 | There were bars across it , behind which Silly-Willie whiled away the time . |
| 7 | They whiled away the time , Ranulf playing dice against himself , the only time he ever lost . |