Example sentences of "[prep] most [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My wife is out most of the time . ’ |
| 2 | Constanza was out most of the time but when she dropped in to change , there they were , rattling Italian to each other , poring over Anna 's art books — ’ Bet you 've never been inside Sant'Agnese in Oscurità ? ’ |
| 3 | He and Jeff were out most of the time , trying to track down the speedboat , for which a popular local search had been mounted , and he was hardly ever at the villa . |
| 4 | Yet a friend with a 14.1hh Welsh Cob says his costs average out at £12 a week ; admittedly she has her own land and he lives out most of the time , but he really earns his living — last year they did everything from Riding Club events to a few days hunting . |
| 5 | It does not do so ; standing orders recognise this position of dominance and provide for the devotion of most of the time of the House of government business , including Bills . |
| 6 | I live directly opposite to them , and there were two of their neighbours who effectively unable to carry on a normal life throughout most of the time that they were there . |
| 7 | The only time we was allowed to smoke more was on association , but we were banged up most of the time . |
| 8 | She was a person accustomed to getting seven hours of sleep , on a good night , and less most of the time . |
| 9 | Three European countries were chosen and one week was spent in each country with most of the time being devoted to talking to family and part-time farmers . |
| 10 | Jacqui was likely to stay in most of the time with her portable television ; her pregnancy made her quite content to do so . |
| 11 | Later Joan and I went to your home when you were about two , but I think Roland was working , and you played outside most of the time . |
| 12 | Although Law , Charlton , Best etc. were on show , I was so scared of the mob around me I kept my head down most of the time , although I seem to remember we drew 2–2 . |
| 13 | I have to admit that this is a feature I can live without most of the time but I like to have access to one for important documents where a silly slip would be embarrassing . |
| 14 | I 'm told that the television is on most of the time in my house — the police can detect it — and I want to say something to Liam , if he 's watching . ’ |
| 15 | Such selections , at provincial level , might be going on most of the time , the cause of much happiness , honest pride and scheming malice ! |
| 16 | But you see the point , so in our species and of course in most societies this is true men are breadwinners whether in an agricultural society or an industrial society erm you know one often feels that if you 're the man in the family you earn all the money your wife spends it on most of the time erm it certainly happens to me er |
| 17 | And er the people just accepted that , and they did n't keep them from coming , because at most of the time , er the |
| 18 | One can go to conferences where one is being talked at most of the time . |
| 19 | Add positive three , see this thing of using the same symbol for add and for positive is very confusing , very confusing , it 's as though , you know you 're speaking a different language where one word has about fifteen different meanings and you ca n't understand what they 're talking about most of the time . |
| 20 | Well she comes out with such a load of claptrap , she do n't know what she 's talking about most of the time ah , are you and dad gon na buy a box each ? |
| 21 | In his particular style of demi-caractère dance he used classical footwork for most of the time but , from the waist upwards through the body , arms and head , he tried to convey how his performers worked and played in the environment to which they belonged . |
| 22 | Why get all worked up about a crag that is unclimable for most of the time ? |
| 23 | We fought like hell for most of the time . |
| 24 | The two older girls had already begun boarding school , so were away for most of the time , and Charles was only three and easily amused by the nanny . |
| 25 | For most of the time he shifted about from one foot to the other , more like a naughty schoolboy who has been hauled up in front of the head master than a genie rubbed out of a bottle . |
| 26 | By way of contrast , the British campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars and in the Second World War were fought , perforce , with a Maritime strategy for most of the time ; but , as the Continental school rightly points out , final victory was won on the Continent at Waterloo in 1815 and in north-west Europe in 1945 . |
| 27 | British Commonwealth links , though gossamer thin for most of the time , can become emotional ties of steel in times of crisis , drawing us into unexpected military commitments , as occurred in the Falklands Campaign . |
| 28 | For most of the time since 1986 , many parent companies would have done better putting their money safely in a bank deposit than risking it in the securities markets . |
| 29 | For most of the time the ‘ Big Bird ’ preferred to sacrifice the flat-out pace of his team-mates for accuracy and control , taking wickets by making the ball swing and cut , and so in Tests was for some years used as first or second change bowler . |
| 30 | For most of the time , however , it was as their future queen that this undoubtedly attractive child — Henri II 's ‘ most perfect child ’ — was to enchant everyone in France , apart from Catherine de' Medici . |