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 | 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 … |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So most of the time I 'm an exile . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I mean , together most of the time . |
| 16 | After all , it 's patently obvious than we do n't get along together most of the time . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm tied up at the hospital for a while each day , but we could be together most of the time . |
| 18 | Maybe it was nothing more than the statistical impossibility of everyone staying home all of the time . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | ‘ Bed-fast much of the time now . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Of that hour , about half of the time will be spent taking notes of the patient 's problem and explaining about hypnosis in general and regression in particular . |
| 23 | This was obviously not a state of affairs which could continue indefinitely and , although I knew as much at the time , I could n't will myself into sleep . |
| 24 | Human-rights groups said as much at the time , but General Benny Murdani , then head of the armed forces , claimed that the killings were the result of gang feuds . |
| 25 | Of course , in reality there is no united lesbian and gay community with a common set of needs and yet Switchboard attempts a near-unique balancing act of serving some of the needs of all of the people as much of the time as possible . |
| 26 | Rather it should be : ‘ How can I help myself to be as little ‘ like that ’ ’ as much of the time as possible ? ’ |
| 27 | Ah yes but it 's not tipped correctly most of the time . |
| 28 | There will be times when a fish bait will be the best way of catching big bream , but it will never be the best way all the time , or even most of the time . |
| 29 | Up to 4,000rpm on a light throttle ( ie most of the time ) , engine noise is distant . |
| 30 | Well most of the time yes Doctor pills were very very good in those days and then of course gin and loads of Epsom Salts brought you down to last leg , no wonder I 've got arthritis . |