Sentence examples for gaining some time from inspiring English sources

Things improve when contestants have a choice of walking down into and across a wide canyon -- or gaining some time by bungee-jumping across it.

Contador has promised something special if he's way back in the last week, so let's hope he does try something (hopefully gaining some time back, but ultimately falling short) as it seems all very sterile now".

"We have gained some time, until that money is exhausted," he said.

Other new arrival Chris Birchall also gained some time to regain fitness and settle in.

"Down the road, the old leaders just gained some time," he said.

Players are motivated to deliver if it means they will gain some time in the spotlight.

As a result, a patient may gain some time on the tumour, but is likely to feel cruddy in other ways.

Schleck also said that he might have had a secret weapon that helped him on Tuesday to gain some time on Menchov during that final ride down to the finish in Jausiers.

Mr. Qosi called the military commissions here sham courts that "move at the pace of a turtle in order to gain some time and keep us in these boxes without any human or legal rights".

At best, this is an attempt to gain some time -- a diversionary maneuver whose real place is in the dustbin of Syrian history.

"It could probably be a diplomatic gambit that they have launched in order to avoid this issue culminating before the American election, just to gain some time.