Usage examples of "doing time" in English with translation to German

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What will we be doing this time next week? Was werden wir nächste Woche um diese Zeit tun?
What were you doing at that time? Was hast du zu der Zeit gemacht?
What have you been doing all this time! Was hast du denn die ganze Zeit gemacht!
What were you doing about this time yesterday? Was hast du gestern um diese Zeit gemacht?
If you plan well, you can spend less time doing unnecessary things and get the work done faster. Mit sorgfältiger Planung verschwendest du weniger Zeit mit unnötigen Dingen und schaffst die Arbeit schneller.
You often need to spend more time doing something than you anticipated. Du brauchst oft mehr Zeit für etwas, als du gedacht hättest.
He took his time doing his homework. Er machte seine Hausaufgaben in aller Ruhe.
This is the only possible time for doing that. Dies ist der einzig mögliche Zeitpunkt, das zu tun.
What do you spend most of your time on the computer doing? Womit beschäftigst du dich die meiste Zeit am Computer?
She is accustomed to doing her homework before dinner. Sie macht gewöhnlich ihre Hausaufgaben vor dem Abendessen.
What time do you go home? Wann gehst du nach Hause?
Women inspire us to do great things - and then stop us from doing them. Frauen inspirieren uns zu großen Dingen - und hindern uns dann daran, sie auszuführen.
Tom is wasting time Tom vergeudet seine Zeit.
What're you doing today? Was macht ihr heute?
We must make up for lost time. Wir müssen die verlorene Zeit aufholen.
I hurt my thumb doing a handspring. Ich verletzte meinen Daumen bei einem Handstandüberschlag.
Time for action! Zeit für eine Maßnahme.
I feel like doing something different today. Mir ist danach, heute etwas anderes zu tun.
"Learn from your mistakes" and "Experience is the best teacher" they say, but in the long run even the best teacher gets mad, if he or she has too much to teach in too little time. "Lern aus deinen Fehlern" und "Erfahrung ist der beste Lehrer" so sagt man, doch letzten Endes verliert selbst der beste Lehrer den Verstand, wenn er zu viel in zu kurzer Zeit unterrichten muss.
Why am I doing this? Warum tue ich das?
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