Still, Mr. Reed said of his father, "In his mind, I'm just biding time until I decide to jump into a better profession".
So all the time Blair gave to backing Trimble he was merely treading water, biding time until the IRA could see the whites of Paisley's eyes.
Within the Taliban, a fierce debate is under way between commanders who support talks and those who have never given up on seeking military victory, instead biding time until the Americans are mostly gone, Taliban watchers say.
Although the Islanders (14-17-7) haveteranher veteran goaltender, Martin Biron, to help them bide time until DiPietro returns, Roloson has become their savior, enabling a young and often offensively challenged team stay, for now, within reach of a playoff berth.
It may have been conceived as a stopgap, a way to bide time until the brain's role in psychological suffering has been elucidated, but in the meantime, expert consensus about appearances has become the cornerstone of the profession, one that psychiatrists are reluctant to yank out, lest the entire edifice collapse.
Avoid raising it while biding time until you can move out or trade rooms and bring in a "mess-lover".
He's just trying to bide time, to wait until the last possible moment to release his payload.
Or at least bided their time until the free meal that follows each service.
Burgmann and her sister Verity bided their time until ten minutes into the second half.
Instead Siddle shrugged his shoulders and bided his time until after lunch.
Jockey Willie Saunders bided his time until the backstretch, where he guided Omaha to the outside and charged into the lead.
