Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [det] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The swimming was n't very good ; the whole place stank of sardines , and the noble castle turned out to be a youth hostel ; also there was a forty-mile-an-hour gale blowing much of the time . |
| 2 | The Mail in 1971–3 did not give the radio schedules , while the Times usually printed the wrong day 's schedules and then only for the General Service ( English ) , omitting altogether the Home Service ( Zambian languages ) to which the majority of its readership listened most of the time . |
| 3 | None of the nomes in the cab noticed this at the time . |
| 4 | The dwarf maintains an assault on the trees for long periods and achieves little ( the equivalent of frequent , low-magnitude events ) ; the giant sleeps most of the time but occasionally wakes and causes great destruction ( a catastrophic event ) whereas the man works regular hours and systematically achieves the greatest effects ( events that occur once or twice each year ) . |
| 5 | Until 1939 internal dissension remained characteristic of the Labour Party , with agitations against Fascism and the National Government 's foreign policy occupying much of the time and energy of the active Party member . |
| 6 | They could n't hear what Mother said most of the time , but Dad was shouting . |