Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] all the time " in BNC.

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1 His hands and body moved all the time .
2 When the bell sounded and the ghost figures pitched from the huts to form the lines at the Kitchen , he remained , his attention held all the time by the upper strands of wire and the topmost line of the wooden knee .
3 The receipt of money and the audit of accounts were routine operations which the Exchequer conducted all the time without needing any instruction or authorization for doing so .
4 ‘ It 's just possible , I suppose — if she keeps her head averted all the time — but I agree it 's unlikely .
5 Because Uncle Mosse left his door unlocked all the time at the end and he did not mind who came in and out , as he said .
6 My self-loathing deepened all the time .
7 One small colony remained all the time on their beach , an isolated solitary place of grey pebbles below greenish breakwaters ; high above them the blind-eyed office blocks glittered pink and yellow in the sun .
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