Sentence examples for rob time from inspiring English sources

"We gave Rob time to think about it and he decided he didn't want to put his hat in the ring," Johnson told BBC Radio Kent.

Another issue is that there's a lot of stuff Congress needs to do, which will rob time from the things House and Senate leaders want to do.

Such modifications of tempo, known as tempo rubato i.e., "robbed time"—are part of the music's character.

And even if we did, the ideas would not be dead because they are answers generated by our human brothers and sisters, able to speak to us down through the centuries by means of the miracle of their work, which robs time of forgetfulness.

"I got robbed last time," she said, "but this time I was more emotionally prepared".

They smiled a shrugging smile, both thinking of vain Ralph de Courcy whose triumph seemed hollow now, robbed by time of its drama& the confusions of accidental cruelty.

As Van Loon, Robert De Niro twinkles with menace but does not really have much to do, and he robs screen time from Ms. Cornish, who vanishes from the movie for unconscionably long stretches.

The country's reformists are still battered and bruised – their two candidates in 2009 remain under house arrest – but supporters of the "Green" movement who believe they were robbed last time are still there and anxious to see better times.

When I got robbed that time and that guy took my wallet I just stopped gambling.

This could be because the stones constituting the wall were robbed over time, or simply because the wall was never started, being usually the last element of the pyramid complex to be built.

Considering this fact, the individual feels "robbed" of time that would be his; he cannot serve his own wishes or desires, but must serve others.