Example sentences of "be [prep] most [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was that the women should run the house themselves , but there was a series of crises ( husbands discovering the address , a fight between two of the women , harassment from a gang of local kids — and the children themselves to be looked after ) which meant that a couple of the support group had to be around most of the time . |
| 2 | He and Jeff were out most of the time , trying to track down the speedboat , for which a popular local search had been mounted , and he was hardly ever at the villa . |
| 3 | If you can find a section of drain that is for most of the time coloured , for any reason whatsoever , then this would be a very good place to start . |
| 4 | ‘ My wife is out most of the time . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm told that the television is on most of the time in my house — the police can detect it — and I want to say something to Liam , if he 's watching . ’ |
| 6 | Constanza was out most of the time but when she dropped in to change , there they were , rattling Italian to each other , poring over Anna 's art books — ’ Bet you 've never been inside Sant'Agnese in Oscurità ? ’ |