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We figured they'd be done shortly, so we kind of bided our time.

English-writing Israeli-bloggers 2010

And then you just kind of bided your time until you went to New York.

Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com 2009

When we "lost" the two elections that gave us the chaos of the Dubya years, we bided our time, and the system worked.

Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

Rising from my chair, driven by the energy that threatens to burst my skin, I exclaim, “Mordred has bided his time for a thousand years, growing in power, becoming something unimaginable, and you tell me it is early yet?”

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

If he had been smart he would have waited for the next Senate election and bided his time in his current seat.

IN SEN: Ellsworth at 34% against… everybody. | RedState 2010

When democrats lost we bided our time until we could win another election.

Rifle Shooting's 10 Most Significant Developments of the Decade 2009

Since then, he has bided his time, waiting until he could grow strong enough to return and take the throne.

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

After all when the last bunch of neocon crooks was in power we liberals bided our time and regrouped so we could restore majority rule.

Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

When Our boy lost, we bided our time, then we lost again and again we bided our time and trusted that we could with vigilance make the system work.

Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

But I bided my time, and one day, when opportunity was ripe, lured the animal away and settled for him with strychnine and beefsteak.

MOON-FACE 2010