Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] much [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 2 | She was aware , though no-one spoke , that for much of the time Ernest and Charlotte were also awake . |
| 3 | Lear was doubtless unhappy during much of the time he worked for Gould ; he was also constantly unwell , often in desperate financial straits , and had been finding lithography an increasing strain on his eyesight and his nerves . |
| 4 | He was so busy for much of the time that on more than one occasion his meetings with Tom had to be conducted with Tom walking beside him as he ploughed a field . |
| 5 | X and Y remain small for much of the time but have a series of peaks . |
| 6 | ‘ I tried to do things too quickly and ended up feeling unwell for much of the time . |