Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Allen : Will the Hon. Gentleman consider using some of the time of those operators for the installation of a fax machine which could be used collectively by right Hon. and Hon. Members rather than duplicating many times a facility that could be provided and serviced by one additional member of staff , or even by current members of stall ? |
| 2 | The interviewer is Peter Hayter , an owlish Friar Tuck figure who seems to be troubled by itching much of the time and who uses ‘ I mean ’ as frequently as commas . |
| 3 | From Llewellyn-Jones ' ( 1981a , b ) findings , there must be a question as to whether BSL interpreting is actually occurring most of the time . |
| 4 | Rather , I settle for a balanced , rounded style of dressing most of the time , more Dougie Heywood than Tommy Nutter . |
| 5 | We were n't , I now realise by doing the sums , badly off My father paid the rent , all the bills , gave us our pocket money , and a fixed sum of f7 a week housekeeping money quite a lot in the late 1950s — went on being handed over every Friday until his death , even when estrangement was obvious , and he was living most of the time with someone else . |
| 6 | Now , the government has shifted the focus of curriculum planning from availability ( the options system ) to entitlement , and has unwittingly ensured ( by filling most of the time available with the statutory curriculum ) that the dimensions , skills and themes of this entitlement can be met most easily inside the foundation subjects , and not outside them . |
| 7 | Until 1939 internal dissension remained characteristic of the Labour Party , with agitations against Fascism and the National Government 's foreign policy occupying much of the time and energy of the active Party member . |
| 8 | Although he has yet to win since his comeback , The Committee 's performances have been improving most of the time . |
| 9 | ‘ But I do n't know where I 'm heading most of the time and there just was n't time to be together . |
| 10 | The swimming was n't very good ; the whole place stank of sardines , and the noble castle turned out to be a youth hostel ; also there was a forty-mile-an-hour gale blowing much of the time . |
| 11 | For the production crew , filming the six-part series meant spending much of the time crawling around on the floor . |
| 12 | I was dancing much of the time on the wedding day . |
| 13 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 14 | He had been there a few weeks , suffering most of the time from frostbite after thirty hours in a dinghy in the Atlantic . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't hear what they were saying most of the time , ’ Omi said , as Erika ran her eye down the list of calls written in Omi 's shaky , old-fashioned script . |
| 16 | There is still much that we need to know about HIV and AIDS , and we are all learning all of the time . |
| 17 | That woman was thinking all of the time . |
| 18 | Many graduates proceed to research posts in universities , often working much of the time in international laboratories , such as CERN in Geneva . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | I was sleeping most of the time , I did n't want to eat , I was n't hungry . |