Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | He surrounds himself with an entourage of loyal courtiers , some from the store , others from the office , taking several at a time for convivial weekends of dog-walking , tennis and log fires at his country villa on the River Po — a sharp contrast to the rather gloomy , solitary week nights he spends in the industrial wasteland of the Via Borgonuovo . |
| 32 | After a few minutes she decided to take another two tables and then continued taking two at a time until she had swallowed about 30 . |
| 33 | To is consequently used in the infinitive of reaction to evoke the support of the infinitive as characterized by a disposition arising prior to the time of realization of what the infinitive denotes . |
| 34 | That woman was thinking all of the time . |
| 35 | Once it was clear that the room could not be held , he would order its evacuation , men leaving two at a time by the far window . |
| 36 | They need information about what constitutes and causes success or failure within a particular domain , as well as strategies for detecting this at the time of the selection . |
| 37 | Many graduates proceed to research posts in universities , often working much of the time in international laboratories , such as CERN in Geneva . |
| 38 | From Ajaccio they travelled by bus to Porto Vecchio , Minton sleeping much of the time with his mouth open and head lolling against Ross 's shoulder . |
| 39 | and erm I was feeling ill at the time and I , I wondered why because he 'd been through so much suffering , you know , it was a happy release . |
| 40 | All the same I do n't suppose you 'd keep me on my salary unless I was working most of the time , would you ? |
| 41 | I was sleeping most of the time , I did n't want to eat , I was n't hungry . |