Sentence examples for time was occupied from inspiring English sources

During the collaborative's first year, time was occupied largely by securing rehearsal space and recruiting dancers and choreographers.

He is known to have worked slowly, and during his later years much of his time was occupied by his duties as a court official in Madrid.

First, the Seleucids were in need of money, and, second, the throne, at a critical time, was occupied by a tactless and neurotic king.

But the bulk of his time was occupied with the Results of Astronomical Observations, Made During the Years 1834 38 at the Cape of Good Hope (1847).

"I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money.

The rest of Griffin's time was occupied by a different challenge: how to turn seemingly mythological figures, like Elvis Costello or Iggy Pop, back into everyday people.

The setting this time is occupied France, and Flynn plays a convicted thief and murderer who escapes the guillotine when his prison is bombed by Allied forces.

The house had at one time been occupied by Raffaele Imperiale, who Mr. Colangelo said was one of the leaders of the trafficking gang.

The rest of his time is occupied largely with strolling -- or "drifting," as Hoffman prefers to call it -- around with beret and walking stick.

My friend's response was a reasonable one especially given that the four city parcels that have become the urban farm at the time were occupied by four burned out houses, piles of trash and overgrown weeds.

In the US, we see a lot of folks complaining about paperwork because lots of our time is occupied by things that seem unrelated to what's actually happening in our day-to-day.