Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [det] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could n't hear what they were saying most of the time , ’ Omi said , as Erika ran her eye down the list of calls written in Omi 's shaky , old-fashioned script . |
| 2 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
| 3 | Frank was withdrawn much of the time , often sitting for hours with his blindfold down . |
| 4 | We were n't , I now realise by doing the sums , badly off My father paid the rent , all the bills , gave us our pocket money , and a fixed sum of f7 a week housekeeping money quite a lot in the late 1950s — went on being handed over every Friday until his death , even when estrangement was obvious , and he was living most of the time with someone else . |
| 5 | Jessica 's father , like most men in his position in the Province , was watched much of the time , kept an eye on , lightly guarded . |
| 6 | Possibly because everything was so new and different that the impressions could not be fully absorbed , and also perhaps because I was tired most of the time . |
| 7 | I was dancing much of the time on the wedding day . |
| 8 | Of course I failed on all counts and so I was ignored most of the time — passed over . |
| 9 | That woman was thinking all of the time . |
| 10 | I was sleeping most of the time , I did n't want to eat , I was n't hungry . |
| 11 | All the same I do n't suppose you 'd keep me on my salary unless I was working most of the time , would you ? |