Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course I 've sent specimens to Forensic but you can take it from me that he died of strychnine poisoning ; a fairly hefty dose but he 'd been living on borrowed time any way . |
| 2 | She 's been living on borrowed time for a long while . |
| 3 | H. P. We used to keep an eye on pubs where the sergeant and the constable used to do a month at a time , visiting the cinemas , theatres , and public houses , licensed places , and do some pubs , night after night — just checking things , and at five past ten , you 'd be right in checking they were keeping to closing time . |
| 4 | In front of the tall rigid buildings the flying riff-raff of leaves and paper seemed ominous , as though they were escaping in good time . |
| 5 | The views of his Ministerial colleagues , not least the Prime Minister , will be of particular relevance whenever a subject overruns departmental boundaries and the Home Office is competing for Parliamentary time . |
| 6 | They 've told her she 's had three years more than what she should of had , she 's living on borrowed time , but , erm , she said the ho er |
| 7 | THE Government is living on borrowed time , Liberal-Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown warned . |
| 8 | Bill Walker , MP for Tayside North , said : ‘ He is living on borrowed time . ’ |
| 9 | It is of particular value where international companies are working in different time zones and the telephone is not always a convenient method of communication . |
| 10 | These , however , have to co-exist next to real lulus like , ‘ Being a mole I felt as if I was living on burrowed time . ’ |