Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adj] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I managed very well considering that tears were running down my cheeks most of the time . |
| 2 | This small group ( within the larger group , the organization ) is often called my role set or my team , and it is their transmitted expectations which affect my performance most of the time . |
| 3 | I did not really know what I wanted to do with my life most of the time . |
| 4 | Alix spent three months working as an au pair girl — working very hard , for no pay — in a suburb of Paris , bored out of her mind most of the time , but strangely , surprisingly consoled by the youngest member of the large family , a baby , which , unlike its larger siblings , seemed to like her . |
| 5 | They would draw up a ‘ batting order ’ downstairs then go up to her bedroom one at a time for sex . |
| 6 | ‘ There is no bigger game than the Old Firm derby because it is the one that has survived with its importance intact at a time when playing each other four times in the Premier Division has devalued every other fixture . ’ |
| 7 | While it is acknowledged by pluralists that groups and associations will not all be equal in the political weight they can bring to bear on governments , no group will dominate all the time , and most groups will be able to have their way some of the time . |
| 8 | This is one reason why TV buyers may wish to keep part of their budgets flexible beyond the time when they might usually prefer to commit themselves — they may , of course , find that they can not buy the time they want , but this is a risk they may be willing to take in order to get a better price . |
| 9 | From the comparison I have made above of features of her speech with those of JC and LE , it is apparent that in linguistic terms , she has hit her target some of the time , but not all of it . |
| 10 | If they 're going to find out Paul Gray 's killer they need to know as much as possible about his movements near to the time of his death . ’ |
| 11 | Weakness kept him confined to his room most of the time and an overwhelming sense of guilt , remorse and failure prevented him from doing anything about writing to Liza . |
| 12 | At first he stayed up in his room most of the time in the evenings , reading and playing his harp . |
| 13 | He stayed in his room most of the time , and drank more than before . |
| 14 | A member who is dismissed under this Article may be reinstated as a member on payment of all arrears of his subscription due at the time of his dismissal , and also any appropriate admission fee which may be decided by the Council . |
| 15 | At Spurs , amateur centre-forward Billy Jones found the same aloofness in the manager : ‘ He stayed in his office most of the time . |
| 16 | He was a good strategist , delegated carefully , and made full use of computers , working from his office most of the time . |
| 17 | You ca n't please all of your readers all of the time . |
| 18 | Even the poorest of us have some money in our pockets some of the time . |
| 19 | So if you have got your way some of the time by being aggressive and forceful , when you try a more considerate approach you will feel insecure . |