mark time

I've never known you to mark time for over three weeks.

From attention, the next step is to learn mark time.

He seemed to mark time for a beat or two.

All day I was marking time until the phone went.

Herself, who always felt as if she was just marking time.

"The people who said he was just marking time are wrong."

She's just marking time here, as so many of them are.

Now, however, everybody seemed to be marking time until they could get out of the country and back to the real world.

But are students who remain in school just marking time?

I marked time, trying to do something with my legs.

When a band is not moving, the members may mark time, or march in place.

On one level they were just marking time, spending a few days in the country at a friend's house.

All you can do is mark time until we reach the depot.

Even at college, though, Harry always felt that he was marking time.

Here she marks time in several senses of the word.

Usually all they do is mark time and eat up energy."

The question is whether he intends to make something of his victory or mark time.

He was marking time, waiting for her to tell him why she'd come to the Cities.

They seemed to be marking time here, perhaps taking a break from dancing.

After that it was just a matter of marking time until the trial.

"We see the market marking time for the next few months.

They're sitting tight, doing what they have to do but really marking time.

"My life has been pretty much marking time so far.

Left on its own, each clock will mark time at slightly different rates.

Others were simply marking time until the day they would add to the number at the town cemetery.