Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.

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1 And I had the TV cameras on me for most of the time .
2 The fact that his father behaved towards him for most of the time with mild , if somewhat unthinking kindness , did not rule out this possibility which is present at some time or other in most children 's minds : after all , if you were going to kill someone you would naturally go on being kind to them for the time being , giving them money for sweets and generally keeping up appearances .
3 Very few are so unmusical as to have no music at all within them , and all of us are surrounded by it for much of the time .
4 Of course I did not see it like that at the time .
5 I did not see it like this at the time , but arched
6 But you see the point , so in our species and of course in most societies this is true men are breadwinners whether in an agricultural society or an industrial society erm you know one often feels that if you 're the man in the family you earn all the money your wife spends it on most of the time erm it certainly happens to me er
7 Erm we 'll leave it at that for the time being .
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