And right now, with time ticking away, any lead was better than nothing.

Time is ticking away, so we need to act soon.

All while their time was ticking away - and they were not able to speak to each other.

I won't sit here for two hours and watch the time tick away.

Although it has been good to you so far, I think time might be ticking for this car.

During the two hours Michael was away, time ticked by slowly.

Time ticked away, but there was no way to be certain how much of it had passed.

Now, with time ticking on, I was in the middle of nowhere.

The whole time a clock ticked in the back of her mind.

The time ticked closer, less than a minute to go.