Example sentences of "[pron] a [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just that the circle seems rather mysterious , and that 's how you seem to me a lot of the time . ’ |
| 2 | I spent the war years living alongside these chaps , living , eating and sleeping with them a lot of the time . |
| 3 | I used to go along with him a lot of the time . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I do find I 'm conscious of it a lot of the time . |
| 6 | Other people probably can forget about it cos I 'm wearing it , I feel conscious of it a lot of the time . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |