Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [det] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done . |
2 | As far as I can tell , Guitarist has always welcomed valid criticism and suggestions for changes or new ideas , but that does n't mean that they have to follow all of it all of the time . |
3 | I 'll just stand in front of it most of the time . |
4 | What Holmes and Rahe failed to recognise is that major life events are not what stress most of us most of the time . |
5 | ‘ Great Expectations ’ is also a very humorous book with many little funny episodes throughout it such as the time when Joe offers comfort to Pip at the dinner table by giving him gravy |
6 | When the Court was in residence at the Tuileries the child spent some hours every day with both his father and mother , usually in the Empress 's study , and during the periods of residence at Compiégne , Fontainebleau or Saint Cloud , he was with them most of the time . |
7 | ‘ But Seal Haven is a mass of rocks , with fierce currents boiling round them most of the time . |
8 | He 's bitching at me all of the time , he 's complaining , and he 's apt to be yelling at me , too . |