Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] of the time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or some of the time I 've been sitting there in the bed feeding the baby , you know |
| 2 | As has been said , these are essential data for the story , and some of the time they seem to be confirmed . |
| 3 | His friend does not make much response , and much of the time his eyes are closed . |
| 4 | It can be weekly , fortnightly , monthly , or just occasionally on request but quite often we are finding that a person who 's assessed as needing help weekly , but all that we have got is fortnightly , and all of the time there are clients waiting for us to up the amount of help that we 're giving to them and , very much , it needs to be when it benefits them , and when it fits in with their lives . |
| 5 | And most of the time they had been together , he had had far too much control . |
| 6 | Now sheep are animals that we tend to regard as being pretty stupid and most of the time they 're timid creatures who will run away at the slightest sound or sight of something strange in their midst . |
| 7 | Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments , and most of the time we are ageless . |
| 8 | And most of the time we wo n't . |
| 9 | I never bothered much about Allie , and most of the time I forgot I even had a brother . |
| 10 | ‘ I just go in like a bull at a gate and most of the time it works . |
| 11 | You can slip two or more needles side by side and most of the time it is preferable to do so in order to get a more definite design effect . |
| 12 | A field of cattle are normally quiet docile creatures and most of the time it 's fairly safe to walk through their midst and they will observe your passing with that quiet curiosity . |
| 13 | Wednesday , who was now Saturday , helped in the search but most of the time they ended up playing in the corridors . |
| 14 | The duo cycled roads between some of the peaks , and even swam Loch Lomond , but most of the time they were on foot . |
| 15 | Experienced sailors enjoy the persistence of the winds , but most of the time they 'll be using 6m sails . |
| 16 | Now and again we had association or exercise , but most of the time we were locked up twenty-two and twenty-three hours a day . |
| 17 | But most of the time I did n't write because one day was just like the day before , and sometimes I thought — what 's the use of writing anyway , when nobody is ever going to read it ? |
| 18 | But most of the time I studied the book and stared , fascinated , at the pictures . |
| 19 | But I was more of a dogsbody really — I was ‘ allowed ’ to help with conveyancing , but most of the time I made the coffee and did bits of typing , especially if the other secretary , Doreen , was absent . |
| 20 | When we talked it was like two people playing with a ball : sometimes it went into the goal , sometimes it grazed the post , but most of the time it went high in the air and missed completely . |
| 21 | But most of the time it was plain awful . |
| 22 | The rain was briefly rather more solid in the early afternoon , but most of the time it was a minor sprinkle . |
| 23 | It do it does get really cold during the night but most of the time it 's quite warm |
| 24 | But most of the time it 's what part of Yorkshire ? |
| 25 | Raskolnikov lives with his pain , but most of the time he does n't focus on it . |
| 26 | Chris had occasional casual work , but most of the time he was unemployed . |
| 27 | A driver is sensitive to minute shifts in the pressures on his hand and in the rhythm of the engine , with an intensity of concentration which when tiring he sustains by an effort of will ; but most of the time he does not ponder alternatives , apply principles , or make decisions , his hands are as though moving of themselves . |
| 28 | He can be hugely intelligent when he thinks they can be of assistance to him , but most of the time he knows they 're a poorish and raffish lot , living off their own enthusiasms and frustrations . |
| 29 | Sometimes he laughed and sometimes he cried , but most of the time he just looked , unbelieving , into the handsome face of the son that he had almost forgotten . |
| 30 | Rescuing beleaguered maidens had a certain passing reward , but most of the time he 'd finished up by setting them up in some city somewhere with a handsome dowry , because after a while even the most agreeable ex-maiden became possessive and had scant sympathy for his efforts to rescue her sister sufferers . |