behind time

The clock was behind time, as everyone knew, for it registered only ten minutes to five.

We're running slightly behind time but we're doing very well.

"Seven minutes behind time," he added, and shook his head.

And thanks to their accurate quartz movement you need never be behind time.

He found himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind time, thirty-five days after leaving London.

Is it uncommon for the best ocean steamers to be two or three days behind time?

To encourage study of the history, variety and motivation behind time capsule projects.

But he knew little chemistry and that little was two thousand years behind times.

At least, it would be best if Emares was not behind time.

I was late already, and pinning them together all but lost me the 9:16, only it was a bit behind time.

Construction began in 2008 and was substantially completed, a little behind time, in mid-2012.

Still, the settlement puts a difficult period behind Time Warner.

"We're behind time," Orrin told him, and he was looking at their faces as if he wanted to remember them.

Obviously, at the middle of the day, at Greenwich, the sun was 1 minute and 26 seconds behind time.

I got to the office out of breath, an hour behind time and a dozen calls to make before I even talk to an applicant.

I had a full day's Ministry work waiting for me and I was an hour behind time already.

"It means getting in behind Time, you see.

Mother was always fidgety when Father was behind time.

"We are already three hours behind time."

The Program Committee has just informed me that we are eight minutes behind time, so will everybody take their seats."

After developing the basic idea, Stead began researching the science behind time travel to make sure her ideas would be logical.

"As well and as punctual as ever, not a day behind time!

This is the basic idea behind Time Spectrum Theory.

Among all of the nearly 800 spouses surveyed, regardless of age, it was the third-most-troubling issue, behind time management and sexual issues.

"The idea behind timed lighting is simple," Mr. Lynn said.