Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly , this decline is not ‘ comparable to ’ that in the Mirror , but given that The Times was ‘ a newspaper of record ’ whilst the Mirror was a popular newspaper , one can argue that the decline in The Times ’ coverage was more serious . |
| 2 | Under this head belongs every form of words by which , in speaking of a proposed measure of relief , an intimation is given that the time at which the proposal is made , whenever it may be , is too early for the purpose . |
| 3 | Last night 's accident did n't make this the time to start hurling accusations … |
| 4 | I mean half the time I think I do n't remember anything because er er , people are so busy blooming playing around and |
| 5 | I do think when they 're caught , they are , to me it seems as if they ought to be made to clear up some graffiti and and realise what they 're doing because , I do n't think half the time , they realise the the upset they cause . |
| 6 | The latest , which has now been introduced on a voluntary basis , is that , instead of one of his A levels , a pupil may take two AS ( supplementary ) level examinations , demanding half the time each of a full A level . |
| 7 | Alice was thinking : Jim 's so big and strong , Philip is n't ; together they 'd need half the time . |
| 8 | It really is 365 days a year because there are issues to be addressed all the time . ’ |
| 9 | You 've seen me , she 's seen me flirt all the time . |
| 10 | most times keep interfering all the time |
| 11 | What do you need all the time ? |
| 12 | I mean tha , is it all , you know , do we need all the time to have erm extra administrative help and in in , and in terms of which we 've been talking about before , I know they might sound like two conflicting issues but one of the ways of ensuring we get the work done is do we trying too much at the Synod ? |
| 13 | The Civil Protection Authority , together with the Italian army , navy and even Nato , needs all the time it can get . |
| 14 | And sometimes I felt he was different , and had changed , even though I knew people changed all the time and people our age changed faster than most . |
| 15 | Some were friends , some were enemies , but they changed all the time . |
| 16 | As Lorelei Lee said immemorably in Diamonds Are a Girl 's Best Friend , a girl ca n't go on laughing all the time . |
| 17 | ‘ We do n't go round laughing all the time but Twiggy 's enthusiasm is contagious , ’ he says . |
| 18 | ‘ A night out with John Minton , ’ Lehmann recorded in his diary in October 1951 , ‘ for which he arrived with a bunch of carnations in the wildest , gayest form , having been on a jag for three nights — and continued it that night in spite of my attempts at restraint ( which were spoiled by laughing all the time ) , flinging his arms about , shouting shrilly with highly risqué asseverations at the White Tower ( at which Tennessee [ Williams ] appeared for a hallucinatory moment ) , becoming embarrassingly affectionate and enthusiastic about me , and pouring money out for champagne in the Caribbean and another unidentified night club . ’ |
| 19 | Then of course it seemed to have been predetermined all the time . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's true everyone expects me to go out and win all the time , ’ says Gunnell , who has managed to remain as unspoilt as she was before her Barcelona triumph . |
| 21 | B. A. In B Division , during the day , there were so many things happening all the time . |
| 22 | ‘ You see it happening all the time , the move around between the carer and the resident as to who is the adult and who is the child . |
| 23 | Which goes to show that Science is happening all the time . |
| 24 | ‘ What do you suppose is happening all the time we 're making the cover ? ’ |
| 25 | This is happening all the time . |
| 26 | It has been happening all the time and , with respect to the hon. Gentleman , it has been happening constantly . |
| 27 | However , advances are happening all the time . |
| 28 | Now in this room I see it happening all the time , and if you 're doing something important , then I can bring you back into it ca n't I ? |
| 29 | It 's happening all the time . ’ |
| 30 | It 's not like cricket ; there 's something happening all the time . |