Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [det] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He talked about taxes all the time , rather as the last unexpected Tory winner , Mr Heath in 1970 , talked all the time about prices . |
| 2 | Conversely , if all institutions are up for grabs all the time , individuals in power will be tempted to milk their positions for private purposes , and those outside power will hesitate to form projects which take time to bear fruit . |
| 3 | Not in big er , sort of shapes all the time . |
| 4 | There 's the screeching of brakes all the time . |
| 5 | kind of carpets all the time , just an odd contract stuff , now it 's nearly all contract , so you 're seeing a lot of different carpets and it 's more interesting wondering where they 're going to , like America and |
| 6 | You had to go through all the misery and raise it with the danger of leaks all the time in some of the central international establishments in America . |
| 7 | People who played golf did , of course , and rich people , but the majority of people wore the same sort of clothes all the time . |
| 8 | Do not throw any of them away : writers make new garments out of castoffs all the time . |
| 9 | Once , all diesels sounded like taxis all the time . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're looking for deals all the time . |
| 11 | The Mites over school age resented being with kids all the time and tried to assert their freedom . |
| 12 | I 'd burst into tears all the time . |
| 13 | oh I have fun with men all the time , chasing them and that . |
| 14 | They work with children all the time , so they really know what they 're talking about . ’ |
| 15 | I deal with children all the time erm many of my I 've been there eight years now and so lots of children have passed through my hands who in particular have lots of educational problems and need special help , and I suppose somebody though erm that although the rage now is to have Governors who are working in industry , and that 's perfectly proper , that it would n't be a bad idea to have somebody who is supposed to have some knowledge and background of the way children behave and what children need , so erm although I do have some politics , you know , Bill , I erm largely keep them quiet in the governing body . |
| 16 | Because he 'll be getting clobbered with claims all the time . |
| 17 | Paula designed a motif of a horse as she is with horses all the time and regularly goes eventing . |
| 18 | The starting salary is competitive , and I am acquiring experience in courts all the time . ’ |
| 19 | I know it 's done in offices all the time , but I found it to be quite a project . |
| 20 | of how to worm their way round things all the time , rather than follow the rules . |
| 21 | It must be a problem if people sort of leave their children in nurseries all the time cos it 's nice for a short time but for a long long time they 're just not yours are they any more ? |
| 22 | ‘ I fell apart at the seams — I was in tears all the time , and my doctor put me on pills . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Cause brothers do that shit to bitches all the time ’ . |
| 24 | If , there are , there are industry working to deadlines all the time . |
| 25 | Why should girls give in to boys all the time ? |
| 26 | ‘ We are hoping to give children plus points all the time , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ He plays at pirates all the time , does wheelies on his bike , throws mud at his friends , kicks his football into the neighbours ' garden and pings his food around at the tea table . ’ |
| 28 | No one here likes you , the way you sit off by yourself at meals half the time as if you 're waiting for someone who 's good enough for you . |
| 29 | Have you two been at logger-heads all the time I 've been away ? ’ |
| 30 | Yelling at women all the time , that 's encouraged by adverts . ’ |