Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest , which has now been introduced on a voluntary basis , is that , instead of one of his A levels , a pupil may take two AS ( supplementary ) level examinations , demanding half the time each of a full A level . |
| 2 | most times keep interfering all the time |
| 3 | As Lorelei Lee said immemorably in Diamonds Are a Girl 's Best Friend , a girl ca n't go on laughing all the time . |
| 4 | ‘ We do n't go round laughing all the time but Twiggy 's enthusiasm is contagious , ’ he says . |
| 5 | ‘ A night out with John Minton , ’ Lehmann recorded in his diary in October 1951 , ‘ for which he arrived with a bunch of carnations in the wildest , gayest form , having been on a jag for three nights — and continued it that night in spite of my attempts at restraint ( which were spoiled by laughing all the time ) , flinging his arms about , shouting shrilly with highly risqué asseverations at the White Tower ( at which Tennessee [ Williams ] appeared for a hallucinatory moment ) , becoming embarrassingly affectionate and enthusiastic about me , and pouring money out for champagne in the Caribbean and another unidentified night club . ’ |
| 6 | B. A. In B Division , during the day , there were so many things happening all the time . |
| 7 | ‘ You see it happening all the time , the move around between the carer and the resident as to who is the adult and who is the child . |
| 8 | Which goes to show that Science is happening all the time . |
| 9 | ‘ What do you suppose is happening all the time we 're making the cover ? ’ |
| 10 | This is happening all the time . |
| 11 | It has been happening all the time and , with respect to the hon. Gentleman , it has been happening constantly . |
| 12 | However , advances are happening all the time . |
| 13 | Now in this room I see it happening all the time , and if you 're doing something important , then I can bring you back into it ca n't I ? |
| 14 | It 's happening all the time . ’ |
| 15 | It 's not like cricket ; there 's something happening all the time . |
| 16 | I conclude that this book could most definitely happen , in fact it is happening all the time in our lives although we are protected by our parents who are conditioned to life . |
| 17 | Purchases are up more than I thought people purchasing all the time is , that 's fine , they 've got a system , we can describe that in a paragraph here and that 'll satisfy them but there 's more of a problem when we 're buying in the software , more than a one off thing . |
| 18 | I mean , I think that when people are purchasing all the time the , particularly the order book , is not sensible , but the ad-hoc stuff is hiding the invoices . |
| 19 | ‘ Dorcas is n't the type to go around dying all the time . |
| 20 | When , in the first Test at Trent Bridge , Gooch and Broad put on 125 for the first wicket the smiles were widening all the time ; when the last wicket fell with just 245 on the board we knew where we really were . |
| 21 | Animation is , again , excellent with animation of all characters occurring all the time ( it puts Eldorado to shame ! ) . |
| 22 | But normally you find that erm both Stan and I would consider the large goods vehicles drivers as being the professionals , because you are driving all the time . |
| 23 | More are appearing all the time , and nineteen eighty two will be no more than a particularly rich year for them . |
| 24 | Today there may be only 5,000 left , and the total is shrinking all the time . |
| 25 | ‘ They kept praying all the time ! ’ |
| 26 | Checking all the time that there was no one on my tail , I reviewed the situation to the sound of a pirate tape of Sade singing jazz in cabaret . |
| 27 | The necessity of representing both the time contained in an event ( event time ) and the time containing the event ( universe time , its temporal support ) has long been recognized , at least implicitly , in the distinction between aspect and time-sphere . |
| 28 | Strain milk into pan , whisking all the time . |
| 29 | So deeper and deeper I went into the world of science , wanting all the time to express myself in a totally different field . |
| 30 | And this is how Freud explains Wilson 's inability to stand up to the other men , like Woodrow , like Cle Clements or Lloyd George , who were rather aggressive , and er , were , were kind of pushing all the time , what they could out of the , out of the peace settlement , and what , er the book shows , is that Woodrow Wilson would have confrontations with them and say a lot of fine words , and then the next day , he would , he would give it all away , as it were , he would , he would be ill or he 'll backtrack , or when the actual agreements came to be signed , he , he would n't do what he said he would , er , wh what he did . |