Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sedimentation goes on all the time , for ever moving from place to place , for ever cannibalising itself . |
| 2 | If we do nothing the badger is doomed to suffer , and terrible suffering goes on all the time . |
| 3 | One thing I was n't keen on was that the noise suppressor stayed on all the time . |
| 4 | Experimentation and development go on all the time as the company searches for new ways to capture and build on the knowledge already accumulated by its workers . |
| 5 | and so on , every month their money is straight into the bank all their cheques come in straight into the bank so he 'll , you know , and I mean our pla , and the whole of the site nearly is let out for different people , you know , which is money coming in all the time |
| 6 | You 're sorta runnin' about all the time , so you do n't get time for anythin' else really . |
| 7 | When you 've got an engine , erm , you Let's say we 've got an engine with a fixed amount of petrol going in all the time . |
| 8 | Assessing his impact on the reading public , Graham Greene wrote that he had ‘ some of the qualities of Dr Johnson — a plainness , an honesty , a sense of ordinary life going on all the time ’ . |
| 9 | Political campaigning goes on all the time of course , not just in the run-up to a major election . |