Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , ’ she warmed to her subject , ‘ we ca n't afford to feed ourselves half the time let alone a stranger , what can you be thinking about ? |
| 2 | Gillian and I were falling in love and you 'd think we 'd have wanted to be by ourselves all the time , gazing into one another 's eyes and holding hands and going to bed together . |
| 3 | We do n't always want to be testing ourselves all the time , do we ? |
| 4 | He played himself all the time , using his characters to display his many theatrical talents . |
| 5 | To think that this abyss of revelation was waiting inside himself all the time ! |
| 6 | Apparently one of the the little erm boys she say , he wets himself all the time , and she turns round and she goes , he goes to er , ha ha , he started himself , and you have to change all his clothes , like that and she said |
| 7 | After this , he became a nicer cat , + was n't so proud of himself all the time . |
| 8 | It does not reveal itself all the time ; it would seem false if it did . |
| 9 | Melanie had never been given so much as a sixpence for herself all the time she had been at the shop . |
| 10 | Round him , she was talkative in order to provoke him into replying , and the attempt made her a habitual confessor , though she would have been amazed if she had been charged with talking about herself all the time . |
| 11 | Makes no effort at all to work with me , just thinks of herself all the time . |
| 12 | Did n't know what was best for themselves half the time . |
| 13 | I think of myself all the time . |
| 14 | Well erm just have to get on with it and and and cope , there 's plenty of single parents who have to do it themselves all the time . |