Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How can you be so sure of the time ? ’ |
| 2 | I 'm tied up at the hospital for a while each day , but we could be together most of the time . |
| 3 | So , right I 'm just wary of the time |
| 4 | Not a black day when she would n't see her father at all , but not a yellow day like Sunday , when , unless on call , he might be there most of the time . |
| 5 | And does he have to be , I mean , are we not gon na be there most of the time ? |
| 6 | We 'll have to wait before we can be absolutely certain of the time and manner of death , but from what we know already , it looks , yet again , as if any of those old buggers could have done it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I managed to crawl to the outside lavatory and I 've been there most of the time . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The trains between Montreal and Toronto are late three-quarters of the time and the new engines break down regularly . |
| 9 | He 's not sure of the time but he says it was after he 'd eaten his sandwich , say six in the evening . |
| 10 | This is equally destructive of the time and creative opportunity of each new day . |
| 11 | It 's there all of the time , but it comes out the clearest when all the ‘ dramatic inflections , subtle stresses and sympathetic accents ’ ( Barthes ) , all the art of the singer , are abandoned , fall away , when Prince swoons , sounds like he 's on the brink of insensibility . |
| 12 | She was soon forgetful of the time , however , her thoughts swiftly going back to the man who had put his finger on her doorbell at that hour in the morning , and kept it there . |
| 13 | The vision of Talbot and his mounted companions being mown down by an enfilade of artillery ( as they were ) was not typical of the time . |
| 14 | The memory was still fresh of the time when he was considered a world-beater , and in receipt of so much weight from Arkle he could certainly be given a realistic chance . |
| 15 | I thought he was simply jealous of the time I spent with her , instead of sitting on the other side of the gas fire , knitting or darning socks while he marked his school books . |
| 16 | Indeed he was there most of the time , presiding within her head , dimming a little when her attention was engaged , all-pervasive in times of relaxation . |