Example sentences of "[to-vb] all the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has always been my ‘ extremism ’ or my ‘ unpreparedness to compromise ’ , even though of course I have to compromise all the time . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't intend to write all the time , though there is some work I want to do . |
| 3 | He had to find all the time he could to write the play , even if it meant neglecting other matters , not least because it would be his first composition since the award of the Nobel Prize . |
| 4 | We had never been able to afford to go on holidays — Dad had had to work all the time — so school holidays had been spent at home . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's like being on your honour to work all the time . ’ |
| 6 | It does n't seem to work all the time , but that ca n't be avoided , you know . |
| 7 | He was on it , all these people that go in to work all the time like every day were on the telly ! |
| 8 | But surely it it 's happened that it 's getting er and and I touch wood I do n't know how superstitious you are but it 's getting better and better and better for you each time because when you came here ooh some years ago since you first came into this studio er you were pretty popular then but it seems to increase all the time does n't it ? |
| 9 | Transport , of course , is tending to increase all the time , but there could be , and almost certainly will be , a trend of smaller motor cars to make better use of fuel by having less consumption . |
| 10 | If I 'm with someone I know well , someone I feel at ease with , I do n't find it necessary to talk all the time . |
| 11 | The management ref refused to talk all the time and after a while it just got depressing , the fact that nothing seemed to be happening . |
| 12 | TW wants to talk all the time , no matter what we want . ’ |
| 13 | I wonder if we 're suppose to talk all the time ? |
| 14 | Well a tumbler is where they , the buckets used to go over the top and empty into a chute into the hopper and er went cos it was on a continual chain you see cos you had a bucket two links , a bucket two links , a bucket two links , all the way round and that 's how you used to dredge all the time round and round and round and that 's how it went over to the top tumbler cos you had a bottom tumbler on this layer and a top tumbler , otherwise you could n't dredge otherwise and that top tumbler , I am certain it had five , five sides to it because at one , at one time you 'd tip a bucket on one then you 'd get two lengths so it kept the tumbler more or less equal all the way round the wear and tear of it . |
| 15 | ( Plus I knew one of the kids was trying to escape all the time ) It ca n't be much fun being locked up there It really sounds like a POW story . |
| 16 | Then I have my Flying V which I used to play all the time . |
| 17 | But it was mainly on the beach we used to play all the time . |
| 18 | The oak tree has got to grow all the time . |
| 19 | Yeah I know we 'd still go up the Clickers sometimes but we do n't have to go all the time do we ? |
| 20 | you fin you finish at half five you do oh yes , but me , I have to wait all the time till half four minus one hour longer that is . |
| 21 | ‘ It does n't seem fair for us to lose all the time because of Sarah , Tawny . ’ |
| 22 | This enables you to maintain a continuous check on both the direct input off the microphone as well as playbacks of the recorded sound , though the earpiece and its connecting cord can be something of a nuisance to wear all the time . |
| 23 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 24 | However , this contradicts the point that it will not be optimal to search all the time . |
| 25 | I like Canterbury , it 's very compact and there 's a Cathedral if you do n't want to shop all the time , there 's plenty of little places to eat . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's tiring to pretend all the time . |
| 27 | He will undoubtedly find that the very term ‘ baptism ’ is a difficult one to use all the time , since it really refers to the rite of immersing in or sprinkling with water as a sign of purification and , with Christian churches , admission to the Church . |
| 28 | You have to reinforce all the time the need for them to listen to one another , to show interest in what each other has to say , to respect one another 's views … |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | P. I wanted to get into something where there was no-one telling me what to do all the time . |