Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] of the time he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raskolnikov lives with his pain , but most of the time he does n't focus on it . |
| 2 | Chris had occasional casual work , but most of the time he was unemployed . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A drop of scotch during occasional periods of self-criticism helped him to become happy with himself , but most of the time he was happy anyway . |