Example sentences of "was [verb] [pos pn] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what he 'd got to do was to plan his time , and work out his priorities , by distinguishing between those tasks that are urgent and those tasks that are important . |
| 2 | So he yawned , asked if Marcus was using his time in any particular way , looked at his watch . |
| 3 | Dorothy Hardisty had no doubt that she was wasting her time . |
| 4 | She began to feel that she was wasting her time and that he probably thought that she was mad . |
| 5 | But it quickly became apparent she was wasting her time . |
| 6 | Maudie Mycroft could see she was wasting her time seeking sympathy from the women and she picked up her shopping bag . |
| 7 | She spent several minutes crawling on her hands and knees , rubbing the flat of her palm across the pile of the carpet to locate the wretched ring , before the truth occurred to her and she knew that she was wasting her time . |
| 8 | She was wasting her time ; without knowing exactly where it had been lying , there was no means of identifying the spot from where it had fallen . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | She was wasting her time . |
| 11 | Leith knew then , when her mother began , ‘ Is n't it exciting ? ’ that she was wasting her time expecting her to agree that it was about time Sebastian got his act together . |
| 12 | No wonder she made it clear to Shelley that she was wasting her time . |
| 13 | It was a lovely looking rabbit but it was wasting its time all cooped up in that cage ! ’ |
| 14 | I realized I would get no help from the Treasury and , indeed , I suspected that they could not understand why the department was wasting its time on this issue at all . |
| 15 | In fact MI5 was wasting its time because Khrushchev and Bulganin were well aware of this and spent much of the time in their suite holding nonsensical conversations that appeared to include tantalising references to important matters but were in reality pure rubbish . |
| 16 | However , I was wasting my time — my gaze slid across the surface of the pages like marbles on a shiny table-top . |
| 17 | I tried to tidy up a bit when I first came to work here , but I soon found out I was wasting my time . |
| 18 | Johnny was standing with his back to her , gazing blankly out of the window , but at her last words , he wheeled round and said sarcastically : ‘ Well , I was wasting my time , was n't I ? |
| 19 | It seemed the weather had beaten me and that I was wasting my time . |
| 20 | He had auditioned on his own stubborn initiative , although people had warned him that because of his colour he was wasting his time . |
| 21 | We thought he was wasting his time after all the hard work and studying he had done , ’ says Brian Gedge . |
| 22 | Edouard knew he was wasting his time , but he could n't stop . |
| 23 | The broadcaster who gave a complicated radio talk on a technical subject was wasting his time , for no one listened to him — a point which came over in interviews so often that it became indisputable . |
| 24 | John knew when he was being lied to but knew also when he was wasting his time . |
| 25 | I knew he was wasting his time . |
| 26 | Before the end of the day , he had had a short sharp interview with Chief Inspector Chips Salter , who produced the names of the two families he suspected of killing the Pitts , with his reasons for this suspicion , while at the same time letting John Coffin know he thought he was wasting his time looking elsewhere . |
| 27 | Dr Russell was taking her seriously , and she was wasting his time . |
| 28 | Well , he was wasting his time . |
| 29 | Well , he was wasting his time because as far as he was concerned she had no senses left ! |
| 30 | The snake was biding its time . |