Sentence examples for on borrowed time from inspiring English sources

A SHANGHAI businessman, Tom Wu, once described Hong Kong as a "borrowed place, living on borrowed time".

But he was already on borrowed time,' said one.

"This one told me he's living on borrowed time".

But one of its provisions could be on borrowed time, judging by the subtext of a Supreme Court ruling this week.It was clear, when the act was passed, that Southern whites would try to subvert it.

As China opens up more widely to the outside world and its development picks up speed, will the Communists be able to hang on?By one measure, they are already clinging to power on borrowed time.

"We've been on borrowed time.

Each is living on borrowed time.

Broadcast TV is living on borrowed time.

"I'm living on borrowed time," he said.

Either way, consumers are living on borrowed time.

He is living on borrowed time as well as money.