Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [det] the time " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ David Lindley plays them all the time , and they 're special because not only is the body hollow , but the neck is hollow too . |
2 | If you are encouraging them all the time to consider propositions or arguments and then what evidence has been marshalled in support and the like , then you want them to come out like that … . |
3 | Do we let them look at it — contemplating — do n't we hustle them all the time ? |
4 | You need three paint brushes ( you should already have these and be using them all the time ) : a ) Clean brush for cleaning the fluff from the actual machine — around the needles and so on . |
5 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
6 | Still she said Auntie Ann I have n't got to wear them all the time she said . |
7 | I mean I do n't want him to wear them all the time |
8 | He has to wear them all the time , but he does n't wear them all the time |
9 | Perhaps they 've changed their minds again , it 's always , there 's , they 've got to frighten you all the time with sometime like that have n't they ? |
10 | I ca n't stop thinking about you — I want you all the time . |
11 | People were trying to pinch it all the time . |
12 | If you do it properly first time around you 'll know it all the time . |
13 | ‘ You ca n't keep challenging it all the time because otherwise they just stop listening to you . |
14 | no , and he was n't er he said see they say it all the time I said well of course they do , it 's the phraseology you 're using |
15 | 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 |
16 | So we sort of switched all around now , so she eats with us at half past six stroke seven , goes up for a bath at seven thirty , eight o'clock and she 's in bed by nine , then she , she 's usually asleep by half past ten , but eh , it seems to have cured the problem we had with her , wanting , wanting me all the time , after she 's gone to bed . |
17 | Favourite guitars , expensive combos , trick rack systems — you ca n't watch them all the time , and they 're so easy to lift . |
18 | God knows , I ate nothing half the time . |
19 | 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 ? |
20 | He played himself all the time , using his characters to display his many theatrical talents . |
21 | I 'll teach you what pleasure there is in making love and I 'll give you all the time you need to adjust to your new circumstances . " |
22 | Do n't harass him all the time Jessica you make him neurotic ! |
23 | It would worry me if I was having to feed her all the time but knowing that three days out of seven she 's getting good meals , it does n't worry me so much . |
24 | I told you when I rote that it was impossible for me to pay anything , as he was allowed by the parish when he was at Muggerhanger , and I told you I had my daughter on my hands for over seven years , and I have been doctering her all the time so I think you will consider the matter over and no that I can not help in any way , and in any case 4s. is a lot of money to pay a week . |
25 | Carole says it all the time . |
26 | Every few miles his suitcase bounced out the back of the cart and Tock became annoyed at having to stop and collect it all the time . |
27 | They should do it all the time I reckon . |
28 | In the cold light of day you come to realise that you just can not do it all the time , that the body comes to a point where , for the moment , it has had enough . |
29 | Provided that , ’ she added as though drafting a contract , ‘ you do n't do it all the time . ’ |
30 | Oh I see that when I come Does she do it all the time then or was it just one-off ? |