Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [det] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horse has to succeed most of the time to retain its self-esteem and to increase it . |
| 2 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 3 | Erm , the advantage of this way is it tends to confuse most of the time , but it 's a lot quicker . |
| 4 | The one that I tend to use most of the time is this one not least , because it only three pounds , and it 's quite affordable but a , again , it 's got a loud sound to it , and I found that if you carry one of these with you and somebody does approach you , you 've always got this in your pocket and you can actually aim it them , cos they do n't know what you 've got in your hand . |
| 5 | Ironically , however , of those 71% of accountants who would like to have more holiday entitlement , 42.7% did n't even manage to use all of the time they were due at present . |
| 6 | some reason it has n't accepted it and Brian says it 's probably cos me wages have n't gone in yet , the bank they ca n't be empty , so he 's hoping to get that by the time they took it out he 's money at the end , it 's embarrassing enough , so , he 's telling me , so they had to take the stuff off him |