Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The misleadingly alarming appearance of our conclusions results from the fact that they show that where conformity is called for it is based only some of the time , and less often than is often imagined , on the legitimate authority of the government , and often on other considerations . |
| 2 | Just as the grammarian 's ‘ data ’ can not contain any variable phenomena , so the grammar must have categorial rules , and not ‘ rules ’ which are true only some of the time . |
| 3 | He felt well enough some of the time , but whenever he came under mental or physical strain , he contracted a cough and a high temperature . |
| 4 | She told him about the notes , the broken glass and spilled wine that had shaken her so much at the time . |
| 5 | And er my memories really go back to er the , probably the more pleasant things in the erm mission parties that we were invited to , the film shows in the Officers ' Mess , er going to a Glenn Miller dance erm which was held in the hangar up here erm , I do n't think we really , or I really appreciated them so much at the time as I do now . |
| 6 | ‘ Seeing as you 're on your own for so much of the time . ’ |
| 7 | Just as it was difficult to be alone so much of the time with such an attractive young woman , despite the size of the ship and our separate cabins . |
| 8 | She kept wanting to cry , as she had with Stephen , as she had for so much of the time since Timothy Gedge had come into their lives . |
| 9 | He had changed so much in the time they 'd spent together . |
| 10 | recycled them so much by the time we get back to school they 've had it ! |
| 11 | Right , I do n't , I mu , I must say I do n't think I would of won without Karen , she got most of them , I was writing them down most of the time . |
| 12 | The quality of those crosses was nt up to much most of the time — but some credit has to go to their keeper who was taking everything within 12–13 yards of his line … |
| 13 | But he checked every bit of my work of course and so most of the time do it by himself and let and me do other things . |
| 14 | So most of the time I 'm an exile . |
| 15 | Her story is filled with fascinating accounts of her daily observation , which reveal many extraordinary secrets of rhino behaviour : how they communicate by subtle changes in their breathing patterns , and how amicably they live together most of the time . |
| 16 | I mean , together most of the time . |
| 17 | After all , it 's patently obvious than we do n't get along together most of the time . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm tied up at the hospital for a while each day , but we could be together most of the time . |
| 19 | The ideal level of feeding is generally accepted to be one in which the fish is slightly hungry and ready to forage actively for food , most , if not all of the time . |
| 20 | But not all of the time . |
| 21 | Many , if not most , women are not glamorous and feminine — at least not most of the time . |
| 22 | Maybe it was nothing more than the statistical impossibility of everyone staying home all of the time . |
| 23 | Was this guideline followed : 1 Hardly any of the time ? 2 Some of the time ? 3 Most of the time ? 4 All of the time ? |
| 24 | Incorporated in PCN handsets , pagers would have the advantage of consuming very little power and would allow the power-hungry PCN telephone to be switched off most of the time . |
| 25 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |
| 26 | Deciding to use up some of the time writing letters , Julia wondered how married women without either little children or work managed to fill their empty hours . |
| 27 | ‘ Bed-fast much of the time now . |
| 28 | Although a ‘ mature ’ lady , I am a supporter of ‘ save the terrace ’ and can not agree that seats are necessary — fans will stand up most of the time anyway , as we did last Sunday , and seats are more of a hazard when leaning over to see what is happening on the pitch . |
| 29 | At some points in the history of a given society people have rebelled and challenged this inequality ; at other points they have meekly accepted their subordination ; but probably most of the time people adopt a posture midway between these two extremes . |
| 30 | yeah , just like erm , say a Friday or Saturday night when I take the car to go home , Sarah 's worked it out that by the time she walks upstairs and into her bedroom , she normally sees me going down Upping Road , but she does n't see me , next days it 's oh where did you go ? or what happened ? , |