Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] the time and " in BNC.
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1 | What you would do in your case with children is probably appoint them all and then they do n't all have to prove so they would hopefully discuss this at the time and say Well you know I 'm a long way away why do n't you two get on with . |
2 | The interviewer is Peter Hayter , an owlish Friar Tuck figure who seems to be troubled by itching much of the time and who uses ‘ I mean ’ as frequently as commas . |
3 | Until 1939 internal dissension remained characteristic of the Labour Party , with agitations against Fascism and the National Government 's foreign policy occupying much of the time and energy of the active Party member . |
4 | Weather did not deter them ; it rained most of the time and they traversed ground that had little or no trace of thoroughfare . |
5 | This is his sixteenth over , two for seventeen with nine maidens so far , bowling from the far end , the nursery end with a cluster of fielders , you 've got a silly point and a short leg and a slip and he 's got er , at the moment four men on the leg side as he 's had most of the time and five on the off , and now a slight adjustment , we 're gon na have an extra one around the batsman . |
6 | ‘ But I do n't know where I 'm heading most of the time and there just was n't time to be together . |
7 | As Coleman had been at pains to point this out before taking on the DEA assignment , he could hardly disagree , but the risk had seemed acceptable at the time and he had taken particular care to underline his academic credentials whenever he met Hurley 's people . |
8 | It did n't seem important at the time and I was busy . |
9 | and erm I was feeling ill at the time and I , I wondered why because he 'd been through so much suffering , you know , it was a happy release . |