Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adj] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He worked for Bonanza some of the time , but mostly you 'd find him lounging around the green tables . |
| 2 | Little Gabriels , out of control most of the time and impossible to educate , but with a fund of kindness that led them to rescue and foster wounded animals and plague her with them in the home . |
| 3 | His wife , Aunt Ann , was kept heavy with child most of the time , but she lost most of them and they only had the four . |
| 4 | The dolphin has undergone some remarkable adaptations in order to survive a life in which it is under water much of the time . |
| 5 | The Palace defence , once as leaky as MI5 ( remember the 9-0 defeat by Liverpool ) was under pressure most of the time but withstood it , and the striker Bright , on the three occasions he was given a chance , hit the bar once and scored twice , with characteristic headers , giving Palace their first away win in the League this season . |
| 6 | His father , being a geologist , was away from home most of the time , so that Hank could , to a degree , . |
| 7 | We sang ( in canon most of the time ) learnt new dances and a little German , we wined and dined and held a most memorable party on the Friday evening . |
| 8 | In spite of this slight difference of opinion , accept the first three rules as fundamental to good writing , with the other two in use most of the time . |
| 9 | They had stayed in bed most of the time . |
| 10 | At a time when he was lounging about in bed most of the time I would have loved a bed tray but I not think , I do n't think I 'm going to bother with one now . |
| 11 | Although they built a mere 30 or so aircraft between 1929 and the end of 1933 when they formally went out of business , their racing craft took most of the major air races in that time and broke the world speed record for landplanes on one occasion — no mean achievement for a team that worked from hand-to-mouth most of the time and had little formal education . |
| 12 | There was always unrest along the Border line ; during the Scottish Wars of Independence , the English Civil War , religious wars , in fact most of the time ; and of course , if Border lairds were not involved in a national dispute , then there were always plenty of old scores to be settled to keep them gainfully employed . |
| 13 | I I find that I am assertive whereas at times I should n't be in fact most of the time I should n't be and I am |
| 14 | Blanche was confined to bed most of the time ; he did n't stay long because she was so weary and there was a nurse who bustled him out . |
| 15 | Between you and the dogs and that stupid bitch you 're married to , he 's frightened to death most of the time . ’ |
| 16 | Similarly , you will almost certainly break with any regime that results primarily in disagreeable consequences ( for example , if you are desperately hungry and thinking about food most of the time ) . |
| 17 | He explained that Anne needed support too and that if he wanted to stay at home most of the time , then he must consider her welfare and go to the centre sometimes as well . |
| 18 | There would be every justification for her to stay at home most of the time and only emerge on joint engagements with her husband . |
| 19 | In my day girls stayed at home most of the time . |
| 20 | One of my cats , unassuming and docile by nature most of the time , turns into a wild tiger if I have to hold her still to give her medicine . |