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clock-watching

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While things heated up in the last 15 minutes, there was not nearly enough action in the build-up to the end, leaving viewers clock-watching until the final segment.

www.independent.co.uk

Burton, meanwhile, said the quality he wanted most in his clock-watching bunny was a twitchiness.

herocomplex.latimes.com

Beyond a certain amount of clock-watching and some (literal) stickiness in getting one batch out of the pan, this was really a very straightforward process.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

It means staff can fit work around the other commitments in their personal lives and, because we're not clock-watching, they feel empowered to take ownership of their workload management.

www.hrmagazine.co.uk

As 1am approached, nobody was clock-watching.

www.fourfourtwo.com

But charities say local authorities' clock-watching means the worker has no time to carry them all out.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Also, ditch the watch and clock-watching.

lifehacker.com

But he was constantly clock-watching, he says.

www.stuff.co.nz

From lengthy doctors' office experiences and car dealer nightmares to jury selection, it's easy to fall prey to boredom and clock-watching -- the primary cause of waiting room anger.

parade.com