Sentence examples for marking time for from inspiring English sources

Forest had been marking time for a while and Clough had increasingly taken refuge in alcohol.

This is in fact its secret power: while experimental play reminds us of the chapter's conventionality, the conventional chapter has been marking time for us all along — you might even say that it has given us a kind of time.

In large part this represents a freeze of Iran's nuclear programme, which will essentially be marking time for the six-month duration of the talks.

As well as being positive for the learning experience, it is argued that such targeted reports are more cost-effective in terms of training, monitoring and marking time for the graduate teaching assistants (GTAs).

In its 110 feet tower was a clock with four six-foot (6 feet) dials, and a peal of three bells, contributed by the citizens of Madison; beside summoning the parishioners to Mass, these rang the quarter-hours, marking time for the residents of the city and the surrounding rural areas.

John's College, on nearby Rose Hill, and could hardly have missed the peal of the church bell, which marked time for the college.

Jingxi was born of an amalgamation of elements from several sources: rhythmic beating of clappers to mark time for movements (from Shanxi and Gansu), singing in the two modes of xipi and erhuang (from Anhui), and increased use of acrobatics in fighting scenes.

Blue-chip stocks led Wall Street higher yesterday amid news of modest growth in the services sector, but investors marked time for most of the day, awaiting a possible interest-rate cut and the results of the day's voting in midterm elections.

You will step off mainly on the first step after you mark time for the amount specified by the director or drum major.

As so often with Hopper, we seem to be waiting for something, marking time, waiting for the hour to pass – surely some revelation is at hand, as Yeats once wrote, portentously.

One fears the Games of Thrones series will be increasingly marooned, marking time waiting for Martin.