Example sentences of "to do [adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the meeting there would be so much to do that the time would Pass quickly . |
| 2 | I took myself off and got some decent therapy and learnt that it was OK just to be — I did n't have to do all the time . |
| 3 | P. I wanted to get into something where there was no-one telling me what to do all the time . |
| 4 | ‘ Bein' told what to do all the time ? |
| 5 | Luke tells you what to do all the time , but quietly , and he never loses his temper , except if he thinks you 're not toying . |
| 6 | ‘ We tried to encourage the people to work with each other , and talk to politicians , because they argued a lot about what they were going to do all the time , ’ he said . |
| 7 | IT 'S the sort of thing you 're called on to do all the time . |
| 8 | She seemed distressed , ‘ I mean Balbinder , he used to just sit by the telly , even now he still … he wants toys … he does n't want to do the things , he wants to do all the time what he wants to do … ’ |
| 9 | They 're not on your back and telling you what to do all the time . |
| 10 | And I do n't think everybody 's going around in eastern Europe thinking oh what we need is to get back to the old Stalinist system where you , you know , you had someone telling you what to do all the time . |
| 11 | She helped but she did n't tell me what to do all the time . |
| 12 | That 's the kind of thing we are trying to do all the time . ’ |
| 13 | Well I mean if you er , if your chain was going too far astern you might pull the dredger astern too much so got ta keep your chain up the river , that 's what you go got to do all the time . |
| 14 | But do n't tell me what to do all the time . |
| 15 | David Gribble , author of ‘ Considering Children ’ , says : ‘ If you are told what to do all the time at school , you will not be able to direct yourself when you leave . |
| 16 | With training what you 're supposed to do all the time ? |