Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debate on the Church went on through half the time available for discussion in the entire session , and revisions still had to be brought back for approval . |
| 2 | Or , for half the time but twice the luxury , they could go in June with Airtours for seven nights to the Hotel Magaluf near Palma in Mallorca , via Stansted , for £976 . |
| 3 | Until a few years ago , married women had to have paid full NI contributions for half the time they were married and working to get anything at all in their own right . |
| 4 | Government backbenchers are expected to be present at all stages and though they are entitled to speak for half the time available on the floor of the House , in committee they are expected neither to speak nor to move amendments but simply to keep voting for the government 's proposals . |
| 5 | This might arise where , during one hour in which the child died , each parent was alone with the child for half the time . |
| 6 | She does n't know what she 's talking about half the time , she does n't know who anybody is . |
| 7 | This is what the manufacturers of hi-fi equipment are striving towards all the time , and the DNA-replication process , as we have seen , is spectactularly good at reducing errors . |
| 8 | We 've also got through Social Services , and Honiton , who are desperate serving source of furniture , and you just see it going on top of the estate cars going down towards all the time . |
| 9 | In fact , out of all the times I went to the Show Room I was only asked to dance twice . |
| 10 | Of all the times for Dad to die . |
| 11 | Think of all the times I have n't come across my next-door neighbours on holiday in Innsbruck , or met my dentist while eating a cream meringue … more coffee ? ’ |
| 12 | In spite of all the times he had been there Adam missed the turn-off that was the drift leading down to Wyvis Hall . |
| 13 | Of all the times for them to call , she thought irritably . |
| 14 | That small part of the Doctor 's character that allowed for scepticism reminded him of all the times such naivety had landed him in trouble before . |
| 15 | Non verbal that 's why I know you think about body language but think of all the times things like that happen where the body language speaks it you know . |
| 16 | It 's something that everybody should be aware of all the time , and I do see a lot of guitarists who really let themselves down by just falling back and letting the obvious happen . |
| 17 | It has been found elsewhere that once a development has become established , the second 50 per cent of all the time periods is largely sold through existing owners recommending the development to their friends . |
| 18 | ‘ When I think of all the time they 've wasted , trying to prove me guilty while the real killer goes free … ’ |
| 19 | Erm , just that , first of all the time for |
| 20 | It 's what I dream of all the time . ’ |
| 21 | Erm and erm it 's something that we 're not necessarily consciously aware of all the time but y'know kind of for some reason they 're called back to mind . |
| 22 | Throughout all the time I knew him , he had no other interest in life that even vaguely approached the study of taxation . ’ |
| 23 | which er er in my profession as well I come up against all the time and I I think that we 're not really acknowledging that that is very often a cause , for men and women |
| 24 | ‘ And what about all the times I 've asked your advice while you were doing your yard work ? ’ he teased . |
| 25 | Still thinking ; thinking about all the times I 've seen people I know do something for revenge , or do anything vindictive or sneaky or smart or even threaten to . |
| 26 | He would make the arrogant assumption that she was complaining about all the times separation would deprive her of him . |
| 27 | That 's what we talk about all the time . ’ |
| 28 | You 're sorta runnin' about all the time , so you do n't get time for anythin' else really . |
| 29 | She had that feeling of insult often felt at a party when the person one is talking to focuses his gaze on people round about all the time , searching for someone more interesting , powerful or sexy to talk to . |
| 30 | She actually moved about all the time which was quite frustrating . |