Example sentences of "was [adv] of the time " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes when they were in a needy mood , which was most of the time , David would be out in the lobby at Advision Studios where we were recording , and they would be cuddling and cooing and wooing — it was disgusting .
2 When nobody from the long list of eminent organizations which had registered their opposition could be present , however ( which was most of the time ) , the burden of maintaining a presence and regular cross-examining was left to a few stalwarts .
3 Every time she missed the ball — which was most of the time — she became more angry .
4 Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway .
5 Like other people , Richard Pearson recalled the attraction that simple , conventional family life held for Ken — the bachelor who was so very confirmed in his status was most of the time frightened of anything else .
6 One can be both part of the international abstract art and some of his work is abstract , and even in that context bring into it qualities that once one knows the idiom people can recognize as purely English and one can also , at the same time as he was much of the time , be a figurative artist that do landscapes , interiors , figure paintings ( rarely ) , and figure drawings of a very high quality , and again they are partly of an international modern and they are partly essentially English works .
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