Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [det] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I did not really know what I wanted to do with my life most of the time . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | At first he stayed up in his room most of the time in the evenings , reading and playing his harp . |
8 | He stayed in his room most of the time , and drank more than before . |
9 | At Spurs , amateur centre-forward Billy Jones found the same aloofness in the manager : ‘ He stayed in his office most of the time . |
10 | He was a good strategist , delegated carefully , and made full use of computers , working from his office most of the time . |
11 | 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 . |