Example sentences of "[pron] [art] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.

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1 If one has the legal estate , one is empowered and privileged to do anything in relation to the land which the culture of the time , as represented and interpreted by the judiciary , accords to an " owner of land " .
2 Just that the circle seems rather mysterious , and that 's how you seem to me a lot of the time . ’
3 I did n't pay them no heed at the time , because in this town somebody is always looking for somebody .
4 I spent the war years living alongside these chaps , living , eating and sleeping with them a lot of the time .
5 Join me every day at the time that suits you best .
6 Was there no rain at the time ?
7 I used to go along with him a lot of the time . ’
8 Meanwhile Yanek , up on the mountain , was no nearer remembering what the sun-god had told him , because the little goblin kept pestering and distracting him every minute of the time , turning somersaults , sliding down the waterfall , buzzing and chattering .
9 He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married .
10 I do find I 'm conscious of it a lot of the time .
11 Other people probably can forget about it cos I 'm wearing it , I feel conscious of it a lot of the time .
12 He was what the 1960s were supposed to be about : rich , successful , well placed in the media , what the cant of the time regarded as classless .
13 Are you able to give us an estimate of the time that elapsed between breaking the door in and being called away by your team leader ?
14 And just finally this , er P C can you give us an estimate of the time between going into that flat and being called away when it was secure .
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