Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] of [art] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For much of the time they slept and when she was n't sleeping Diana frequently visited the kitchens , the domain of ‘ Swampie ’ Marsh and fellow chefs . |
| 2 | For much of the time she was delirious , but there were lucid intervals , during which she was slightly comforted to understand that the nightmares that had tormented her were products of the disease and not of reality . |
| 3 | It needed to be , too , for much of the time she was pushing her way through undergrowth and around patches of thicket too dense for them to penetrate . |
| 4 | It was built in 1490 and for much of the time it was owned by the Darrel family . |
| 5 | For much of the time it took me through farmland , amidst the pleasant aroma of meadows , and often I found myself slowing the Ford to a crawl to better appreciate a stream or a valley I was passing . |
| 6 | And for much of the time it follows the Minchmoor Road , an ancient drove road which was also used by Scottish monarchs staying at Traquair House . |
| 7 | The period is 313 days , and the range from 5.4 to 10.5 , so that for much of the time it is out of binocular range . |
| 8 | Lear was doubtless unhappy during much of the time he worked for Gould ; he was also constantly unwell , often in desperate financial straits , and had been finding lithography an increasing strain on his eyesight and his nerves . |
| 9 | There are several Mira variables in Grus within binocular range when near maximum ( R , S and T ) , but for most of the time they are much too faint . |
| 10 | For most of the time it is out of binocular range , but when at its brightest it is easy enough to find , and binoculars of × 8 or higher power will show colour in it ; it is very red , and of spectral type S. |
| 11 | It has a period of 431 days , and a range of between 5.5 and 13 , so that for most of the time it is well below binocular range . |
| 12 | Like many M-type supergiants it is variable ; the official range is from 3.0 to 3.8 , but for most of the time it is comparable with Kappa Ophiuchi ( 3.2 ) which makes a convenient comparison star . |
| 13 | Apparently it means that while for most of the time I will behave normally I shall be prone to sudden ourbursts of rage and obscenity . |
| 14 | Although I do n't think I was mentally ill for most of the time I was anorexic , I find Lomas 's remarks illuminating in my own case and pertinent to anorexia nervosa in general . |
| 15 | For most of the time he shifted about from one foot to the other , more like a naughty schoolboy who has been hauled up in front of the head master than a genie rubbed out of a bottle . |
| 16 | For most of the time he combined this with the very important post of deputy treasurer-at-wars . |
| 17 | For most of the time he was talking , Merymose 's expression remained set . |
| 18 | For most of the time he appears amiably tipsy , but occasionally plunges into hidden depths — of agony and even some kind of distorted ecstasy . |