Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he has yet to win since his comeback , The Committee 's performances have been improving most of the time . |
| 2 | ‘ But I do n't know where I 'm heading most of the time and there just was n't time to be together . |
| 3 | So is Tony gon na be staying awake until the time that you finish there ? |
| 4 | ‘ I could n't hear what they were saying most of the time , ’ Omi said , as Erika ran her eye down the list of calls written in Omi 's shaky , old-fashioned script . |
| 5 | Joan is growing old for the time being . |
| 6 | I hesitate to intervene again , as the hon. Gentleman is getting near to the time left for my contribution . |
| 7 | We were n't , I now realise by doing the sums , badly off My father paid the rent , all the bills , gave us our pocket money , and a fixed sum of f7 a week housekeeping money quite a lot in the late 1950s — went on being handed over every Friday until his death , even when estrangement was obvious , and he was living most of the time with someone else . |
| 8 | It was going dark by the time the shepherd and his son shed their ragged leather milking jackets and carried two buckets each up the stone steps to the kitchen , followed by the two carabinieri . |
| 9 | I was dancing much of the time on the wedding day . |
| 10 | That woman was thinking all of the time . |
| 11 | and erm I was feeling ill at the time and I , I wondered why because he 'd been through so much suffering , you know , it was a happy release . |
| 12 | I was sleeping most of the time , I did n't want to eat , I was n't hungry . |
| 13 | All the same I do n't suppose you 'd keep me on my salary unless I was working most of the time , would you ? |