Example sentences of "[det] [adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it does n't work out like that most of the time |
| 2 | Is that enough for the time being ? — IM |
| 3 | He was able to assure her that in spite of a few twisted ankles and bruised limbs , those same Jocks were skiing not half badly by the time that strange wartime holiday was over . |
| 4 | The shift was in fact half over by the time I started and I was n't really able to do much of any value . |
| 5 | The short days were half over by the time I ventured from the hut ( where my motorbike was also preserved . |
| 6 | I 'm still a bit confused about erm sorry I should have brought this up at the time . |
| 7 | The theological justification behind such an approach ( not that I had necessarily thought this out at the time when I was a member of the church ) must surely be that God 's will must be held to be one with what is good , and therefore what Christianity proclaims can not differ from human ethical goods . |
| 8 | Erm with a thing like this , I mean what I usually say to people it depends on erm if you 've got a lot of numerical data , oh you might as well have this back for the time being so |
| 9 | oh no , the war was very much on at the time |
| 10 | Sometimes a feature of the Constitution is discerned as such only at the time when it has just ceased to have much relevance . |
| 11 | That up to the time in Edinburgh , the Monotype machines have been largely , if not chiefly , operated by women , and that women have proved themselves entirely competent to work these machines , so that it seems a great hardship that women should be debarred from working at them in future . |
| 12 | ( There is a lot to be said about the role of other persons too , but I am leaving that out for the time being . ) |