Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | Or some of the time I 've been sitting there in the bed feeding the baby , you know |
2 | Consumers who once stuck to favourite brands most or all of the time are now willing to try any item that catches their eye . |
3 | A scattering of maggots or whatever that hits the surface in , say , an 18 inch circle ( which is the least ‘ spread ’ you can hope for ) will spread far more than that by the time the current has had its way with it and it reaches bottom . |
4 | Only three of the whole group had worked since redundancy , and only one of those did so for more than half of the time between redundancy and interview . |
5 | She proved to be the Glisseuse , a rather shabby forty foot motor cruiser , difficult to see on Venturous ' radar , so that much of the time she had to be kept at visual distance , especially as she approached the busy traffic lanes of the Thames . |
6 | It is therefore in the age of modern popular politics after 1789 , the age of movement towards democracy , that we see also the development of an opposition to democracy with a more sophisticated theoretical basis than any since the time of Plato . |
7 | There were just three scaldini in each compartment , so most of the time we had to take turns . |
8 | Although most of the time the energy not carried by the electron was taken away by an everyday massless neutrino , sometimes it was carried by a neutrino that weighed a comparatively large 17 keV . |
9 | Given Duchamp 's long residence in America , and his contacts with and influence on American art , I can see why he might be included , although most of the time he was a presence on the scene here he was n't working publicly . |
10 | The brain is so good at filling in , that although most of the time the bulk of our image is blurred and lacks detail and colour , we do not realise it . |
11 | ‘ They 're built to cope with the largest demand , although most of the time that demand is simply not required . |
12 | I suppose I look very confident ; I know that most of the time , that 's how I want to look . |
13 | With prize money declining , he laments that most of the time jump jockeys risk their necks for £150 . |
14 | Whatever it was , it was like a wall between them and he was honest enough to admit to himself that most of the time he was building on it brick by brick in order to blot her out of his sight … forever . |
15 | At first she had complained to Aggie , saying they were stupid because they taught nothing but the abc and counting , and that most of the time was spent singing hymns and listening to stories from the Bible . |
16 | The most detailed of these came from Wilshere , who said that most of the time had been taken up by the medical evidence — summarised with a wealth of detail ( which will not be repeated here ) . |
17 | It did n't help that most of the time I was pissed out of my brain . |
18 | I 've said that most of the time we do n't know what our own beliefs are , because we do n't believe we have them . |
19 | Her voice was soft and sort of lazy sounding , the kind of voice that most of the time you are n't sure if the person is kidding or being serious . |
20 | But they 're frustrated that most of the time , they 're forced to rely on a helping hand . |
21 | But they 're frustrated that most of the time , they 're forced to rely on a helping hand . |
22 | But they 're frustrated that most of the time , they 're forced to rely on a helping hand . |
23 | And the problem is that most of the time you know what you want to say , but does it correspond to what people want to hear , or read , or listen to ? |
24 | As has been said , these are essential data for the story , and some of the time they seem to be confirmed . |
25 | Membership , it was said , never at any point rose above thirty and much of the time remained closer to nine or ten . |
26 | His friend does not make much response , and much of the time his eyes are closed . |
27 | At the other extreme is the stance taken on the MoD 's continuing tenure , which insists that it is not proper that the public continue to be excluded some of the time from all , and all of the time from some , of the finest coastal scenery in the British Isles . |
28 | It can be weekly , fortnightly , monthly , or just occasionally on request but quite often we are finding that a person who 's assessed as needing help weekly , but all that we have got is fortnightly , and all of the time there are clients waiting for us to up the amount of help that we 're giving to them and , very much , it needs to be when it benefits them , and when it fits in with their lives . |
29 | During the last quarter of the nineteenth century , the needs of the sick and disabled at the workhouse occupied more and more of the time and energies of the officers and the Board of Guardians to whom they were responsible . |
30 | It was something I felt driven to do — even if most of the time I felt that I was just faking it . |