Example sentences of "and [v-ing] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was depressing looking through her clothes , and remembering the good times she had spent wearing some of these dresses and blouses . |
| 2 | The people who are seizing and occupying the present time can not belong in my colour , they 're like the bits that leap out of a spinning bowl , too heavy , too separate and distinct to be blended in with the other substances ; red-hot stones , flung out and setting on fire the place where they land . |
| 3 | Merely looking at one 's watch and giving the right time is usually enough to prevent the completely accurate recall of an unfamiliar telephone number . |
| 4 | Health teaching does not necessarily imply an elaborate preplanned programme of instruction ; it does involve being alert to cues from the clients and assessing the appropriate time to discuss issues which they and the nurse consider important to the client 's circumstances . |
| 5 | If infrastructure is considered , there is firstly a need to improve the at-grade carriageway crossing , by providing more closely-spaced , controlled facilities and reducing the waiting time for a ‘ green signal as Figure 8.1 showed . |
| 6 | Gastro-enterologist consultant Dr John Collins said : ‘ GPs can now send patients with ulcers and indigestion problems up to us directly , bypassing out-patient clinics and reducing the waiting time by several months . ’ |