Example sentences of "[prep] some of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems of authenticity are not so great or modern art as for other periods , even if a gifted forger like the painter Elmir de Horty can fool some of the people for some of the time . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's accepted that the towing tractor will stand idle for some of the time , but at least you are n't taking tankers into the field , ’ he adds . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've been sitting around twiddling our thumbs for some of the time and people have been sloping off early , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The patient 's problem is that he has joined a group of unfamiliar people , some of whom , the patients , are present all the time ; others , the nurses , are in his vicinity for some of the time ; and a whole variety of others appear ‘ to come and go ’ . |
| 5 | Compared with the press and radio , however , the TV audience remained very mixed : most viewers watched most channels for some of the time . |
| 6 | the other option of course is not to do that and to try and gain some experience erm m maybe voluntary for some of the time so that maybe I can then spend you know in another years time get a job which is a bit more relevant and I 'll be able to earn some money . |
| 7 | But what they all wanted was to be cared for some of the time and often their tears were statements about that need . |
| 8 | Some children experienced the balance for some of the time ; others inevitably did not . |
| 9 | ‘ They say that , for some of the time , the Robemaker dwells in the heart of the Dark Realm , ’ said Caspar and glanced over his shoulder uneasily . |
| 10 | Responsible party government and pluralism fitted some of the facts of British politics for some of the time , but they were always overoptimistic and crucially flawed in ways we have pointed to in the body of this chapter . |
| 11 | There were quite a few there during the afternoon — eight , ten — more , perhaps , for some of the time , some of the races . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll have to go in some of the time . |