Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [det] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , in the course of that hunt , I spent some of the time in … the place where Kokos comes from . ’ |
| 2 | He read English at Cambridge — ‘ actually I spent most of the time reading opera ’ and went on to become one of the first crop of the Arts Council 's pioneering Arts Administration course , which was ‘ a bit Heath Robinsonish then , but still a wonderful grounding ’ . |
| 3 | to climb the stairs , and I think then you tend to panic a bit , I and I felt most of the time I felt fine , and then you see getting up at five o'clock yesterday morning , by the time I got off , it was your father that fell asleep on that last drinking session , but I mean , as I said we ai n't used to drinking in the day like that |
| 4 | That bar in the illustration , had to be lifted up and over at the end of each row to deposit the stitches on to the needles — a great opportunity to drop stitches , which I did most of the time ! |
| 5 | Maggie had so little to do during the day that she spent much of the time chatting and gossiping with Rose . |
| 6 | ‘ We took Laura to one evening reception where she spent most of the time entertaining folk in the kitchen . |
| 7 | The one she wore most of the time . ’ |
| 8 | We spent most of the time on the planet acid : the best place for us to be . |
| 9 | We spent most of the time on the Thames and Medway keeping observations on shipping . |
| 10 | Apart from offices , we spent most of the time outside . |
| 11 | The uniform , which we wore most of the time , was in my case obviously secondhand , being of an earlier model than the current one . |
| 12 | He spent like four hours or something with the attorney general and with these three other staff over there … and they spent most of the time talking about all aspects of the Iran initiative and so forth , and then at the very end Meese pulled out that April memo … and said , ‘ what about this ? ’ |
| 13 | At a rally addressed by Labour 's Dennis Healey , they spent most of the time trying to avoid one of their school dinner ladies , who was forever shouting to the platform : ‘ You 're just feathering the beds for the Tories . ’ |
| 14 | Whatever the weather they spent most of the time waiting for fares , either at one or other of the Railway Stations or the cab ranks in Fisherton Street or Blue Boar Row . |
| 15 | If all scientists were critical of all parts of the framework in which they worked all of the time then no detailed work would ever get done . |
| 16 | It rained most of the time , and when we were kicked out of the youth hostel for the day we walked around and sat in bus shelters . |
| 17 | Weather did not deter them ; it rained most of the time and they traversed ground that had little or no trace of thoroughfare . |
| 18 | After previous days ' lovely weather , disappointed that visibility was poor and it rained most of the time . |
| 19 | He spent much of the time swerving and cursing other drivers . |
| 20 | He spent most of the time on the phone with his bookie . |
| 21 | In the event , the job proved a disappointment and , in his own words , he spent most of the time ‘ stacking shelves , pushing trolleys and sweeping floors ’ . |
| 22 | Though Marje believed that Phillip was living a bachelor life at a London hotel between trysts with her , he spent some of the time , at least , with Meli in her apartment over a hairdresser 's shop and a prostitute 's flat in London 's Kensington . |
| 23 | Like many great villains , Daine must have no conception of how ludicrous he appeared much of the time . |
| 24 | Everyone coughed most of the time , they could n't tell the difference between coughing and breathing after a while , but his was a real lung curdler when it got going . |