Example sentences of "be [verb] the whole time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 2 | ‘ But we were drunk the whole time on the aphrodisiac of youth . ’ |
| 3 | Did you break in here , too , or has the back door been unlocked the whole time ? ’ |
| 4 | Oh , but that but he is acting the whole time , that 's not him being him . |
| 5 | I really do n't I think he 's acting the whole time , I do n't think he knows he 's doing it . |
| 6 | No he 's , he 's , he 's just out to impress people , I mean he looks around to see if you 're watching him and he 'll erm no , yeah he 's acting the whole time , I do n't really , I do n't know if he knows who he is you know ? |
| 7 | Well I think so , I think erm as long as they can go and work with children and then they 've got the time when they can leave off and come , but it 's having the whole time , well then they 've children all their life have n't they ? |
| 8 | Unless a company is progressing the whole time , it is , in fact , moving backwards . |
| 9 | He was learning the whole time , today one thing , tomorrow another , this year well , next year better . " |