Example sentences of "[verb] very [adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.

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1 He had n't been listening very hard at the time .
2 That said it was going very strongly at the time and there was much speculation amongst linesiders as to how No 7819 Hinton Manor would tackle the 1 in 52 climb to Talerddig summit .
3 Although it did n't sell very well at the time it is significant because it was the first to be published in English using the naming system which we use today . ’
4 Most are speaking , walking and managing very nicely by the time they are three .
5 erm We were playing very well at the time , Henley were n't ; they 've improved out of all proportion since Christmas and we 've been up and down , we 've played some really good games and one or two not so good .
6 The distance from the Earth to the spacecraft can be determined very accurately from the time interval between sending a radio signal to the spacecraft , which it receives and immediately acknowledges by sending a signal to the Earth with its own radio , and the receipt on the Earth of the acknowledgement .
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