Example sentences of "[noun sg] much [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such ensembles were not merely gathered together for the occasional ballet ; there were , in fact , three standing oboe bands at court , or , more accurately , three ensembles whose members played the oboe much of the time . |
| 2 | They were careful to keep the bull in the same field much of the time but sometimes they would have to move him and occasionally he would get out , so one always had to be wary . |
| 3 | Indeed , it is difficult to see how knowledge would advance if people did not get on with ‘ normal ’ work much of the time . |
| 4 | The dolphin has undergone some remarkable adaptations in order to survive a life in which it is under water much of the time . |
| 5 | The fact is that men and women of that day inhabited separate worlds ; their social rounds and domestic activities kept them in the society of their own sex much of the time . |