Example sentences of "and [adj] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | I make no impression on it and all the time I am afraid that its flapping tail will come down on the taut line and snap it like a dry twig . |
| 32 | The printer was careless , George Burnett a forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant , and all the time Sara 's groans of pain were announcing the early stages of a difficult pregnancy . |
| 33 | And all the time she 's here it 's ‘ What can I do ? ’ and ‘ Can I do this ? ’ |
| 34 | And all the time I kept up the visualization . |
| 35 | Then , for more than 300 years until the legions left , the Romans ruled Britain , bringing their talent for organisation to the country , building roads which made travel easier , and all the time controlling the province through the administration of Roman law — backed up by the powerful legions of the Roman army . |
| 36 | There they were imagining satyrs and succubae and God knows what manner of obscene delights , and all the time it was just a baby ! |
| 37 | And all the time the voices are calling and echoing … ’ |
| 38 | And all the time I could read the writing upside-down on his desk : ‘ Reason for Referral : Bouts of uncontrollable aggression . ’ |
| 39 | ’ ’ I 'm sure I 'm going to leave the ground and float up and hit my head on the ceiling , and all the time the voices are call ‘ DO IT DO IT DO IT … ’ |
| 40 | Several times they fell painfully on jagged rocks , so that they learned to move exceedingly slowly , edging forward and feeling for a foothold , and all the time they could not know whether they were not wandering in aimless circles and approaching no nearer to the security of the forest . |
| 41 | They had stayed while the sun went down and all the time Tom had lain watching and waiting for something to happen — for something was bound to happen , otherwise for what reason had they come ? |
| 42 | And all the time the tension around the ground is still mounting and the smouldering excitement of the spectators finally bursts into flames as the commentators announce that ‘ the ground is on fire. ! ’ |
| 43 | With the coming of an energetic bishop , Arnaud , in 1030 , the cathedral and its precinct were reconstructed , with fortifications , iron gates and a great bridge across the lagoon ; there was a collegiate church of the Trinity , a chapel of St Blaise , and of course cloisters , an infirmary , and a cemetery , and all the time reference to the ‘ Saracen ’ port . |
| 44 | And all the time , like pipes dripping , weakening and preparing to burst in the attic , around the house hearts were slowly breaking while nothing was being said . |
| 45 | Pick up two plates and say to the person ‘ you must copy my exact gestures ’ and all the time look you in the eyes . |
| 46 | Then they did the whole thing all over again without stirrups , and all the time talking and shouting to one another . |
| 47 | And all the time Gabriel lived with them , reverberating , massive , and she and Hosanna hid their secret and said nothing . |
| 48 | Adam thought of himself and Rufus as being wild and laid-back at the same time , equally like that , young adventurers with all the world before them and all the time they wanted to do what they liked with . |
| 49 | There was one hold-up after another and all the time Clift became more and more frail . |
| 50 | We sat down then and all the time he was eating Frankie could n't keep his eyes off her or the things that surrounded him . |
| 51 | And all the time the line of northward-bound traffic was becoming lighter and faster . |
| 52 | I was really afraid I 'd not get it all down , and all the time he was listening out for me . |
| 53 | And all the time the bills were piling up . |
| 54 | And all the time the bills were piling up . |
| 55 | ‘ We sat next to each other during two hours and all the time we talked . |
| 56 | The doctor sounded her chest , asking questions about the pain , and all the time trying to keep a sober , professional look though his hands were trembling and in the end he had to sit down to conceal his excitement . |
| 57 | For every example you can make two or three different looks and all the time you are creating something new . |
| 58 | So the researcher went to Birmingham to meet him and all the time he was talking to the patients , she was thinking , ‘ We 've got to go ! ’ |
| 59 | She was foolishly irritated by the lack of warmth and the slowness of the coals to light and all the time she was asking herself if she was completely mad harbouring an escaped criminal in her kitchen . |
| 60 | They were no real danger to anyone who knew the coast , and all the time the light was growing stronger . |