Example sentences of "much [prep] the time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the time we are reacting with unwanted stress because we are afraid of doing damage to our own self-concept . |
| 2 | ‘ I think it is true that much of the time we spent together we were going over our lines early in the morning in the make-up room . ’ |
| 3 | We 're there for the Na-Nazi riots — but for too much of the time we 're not . |
| 4 | Since he had no typist or secretary in the country , this meant that much of the time which he wished to devote to his own work had to be spent on business correspondence . |
| 5 | For much of the time they slept and when she was n't sleeping Diana frequently visited the kitchens , the domain of ‘ Swampie ’ Marsh and fellow chefs . |
| 6 | Only the political pertinence of that collectivity was variable , and for much of the time its pertinence was low . |
| 7 | It was built in 1490 and for much of the time it was owned by the Darrel family . |
| 8 | For much of the time it took me through farmland , amidst the pleasant aroma of meadows , and often I found myself slowing the Ford to a crawl to better appreciate a stream or a valley I was passing . |
| 9 | And for much of the time it follows the Minchmoor Road , an ancient drove road which was also used by Scottish monarchs staying at Traquair House . |
| 10 | The period is 313 days , and the range from 5.4 to 10.5 , so that for much of the time it is out of binocular range . |
| 11 | Much of the time it is an unsightly mud-channel . |
| 12 | Much of the time she could only be ridden towards her dinner bucket ; any other direction except backwards produced complete refusal . |
| 13 | For much of the time she was delirious , but there were lucid intervals , during which she was slightly comforted to understand that the nightmares that had tormented her were products of the disease and not of reality . |
| 14 | She proved to be the Glisseuse , a rather shabby forty foot motor cruiser , difficult to see on Venturous ' radar , so that much of the time she had to be kept at visual distance , especially as she approached the busy traffic lanes of the Thames . |
| 15 | It needed to be , too , for much of the time she was pushing her way through undergrowth and around patches of thicket too dense for them to penetrate . |
| 16 | They were with Mr Mandela until 10pm , much of the time he and Mrs Sisulu simply recalling their old days together and recounting what they had done all these years . |
| 17 | Much of the time he stayed hidden in his study . |
| 18 | Lear was doubtless unhappy during much of the time he worked for Gould ; he was also constantly unwell , often in desperate financial straits , and had been finding lithography an increasing strain on his eyesight and his nerves . |
| 19 | His friend does not make much response , and much of the time his eyes are closed . |
| 20 | These incidents are rare not only because national emergencies are mercifully infrequent , but because for much of the time there is an instinctive understanding between the governors of the broadcasting organization and the government of the nation , as the corporation 's behaviour on issues like appeasement demonstrates ; Reith succumbed to the same collective delusion that had seized Chamberlain , his foreign secretary , Halifax , and most of the population . |
| 21 | For much of the time there was continuous subcutaneous and repressed friction , broken by occasional and emotionally trying attempts at reconciliation . |
| 22 | He had changed so much in the time they 'd spent together . |
| 23 | recycled them so much by the time we get back to school they 've had it ! |