Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] time " in BNC.
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1 | So now and this is this one much like while I was taking time off |
2 | But sometimes there was an uneasy undercurrent to disturb the tranquillity — including , of course , the feeling that I was marking time while great and stirring events were in the offing — war , for instance . |
3 | I was marking time until something better came along |
4 | You do n't erm the other day I thought to myself I 'll walk up , see if that shop 's still there and by the time , you know er I was dreaming obviously , and I 'd walked by , I 'd got time actually , I was killing time so er I thought oh you silly I said er you 've still not er found out , so I went back and it is there but it 's not some , it 's not a shop |
5 | M. B. I am quite candidly of the opinion that I would have left the police out of a feeling of resentment because I was overlooked time and time again for inferior men . |