Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adj] the time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ David Lindley plays them all the time , and they 're special because not only is the body hollow , but the neck is hollow too .
2 If you are encouraging them all the time to consider propositions or arguments and then what evidence has been marshalled in support and the like , then you want them to come out like that … .
3 Do we let them look at it — contemplating — do n't we hustle them all the time ?
4 You need three paint brushes ( you should already have these and be using them all the time ) : a ) Clean brush for cleaning the fluff from the actual machine — around the needles and so on .
5 Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time .
6 Still she said Auntie Ann I have n't got to wear them all the time she said .
7 I mean I do n't want him to wear them all the time
8 He has to wear them all the time , but he does n't wear them all the time
9 Perhaps they 've changed their minds again , it 's always , there 's , they 've got to frighten you all the time with sometime like that have n't they ?
10 I ca n't stop thinking about you — I want you all the time .
11 People were trying to pinch it all the time .
12 If you do it properly first time around you 'll know it all the time .
13 ‘ You ca n't keep challenging it all the time because otherwise they just stop listening to you .
14 no , and he was n't er he said see they say it all the time I said well of course they do , it 's the phraseology you 're using
15 So we sort of switched all around now , so she eats with us at half past six stroke seven , goes up for a bath at seven thirty , eight o'clock and she 's in bed by nine , then she , she 's usually asleep by half past ten , but eh , it seems to have cured the problem we had with her , wanting , wanting me all the time , after she 's gone to bed .
16 Favourite guitars , expensive combos , trick rack systems — you ca n't watch them all the time , and they 're so easy to lift .
17 I 'll teach you what pleasure there is in making love and I 'll give you all the time you need to adjust to your new circumstances . "
18 Do n't harass him all the time Jessica you make him neurotic !
19 It would worry me if I was having to feed her all the time but knowing that three days out of seven she 's getting good meals , it does n't worry me so much .
20 I told you when I rote that it was impossible for me to pay anything , as he was allowed by the parish when he was at Muggerhanger , and I told you I had my daughter on my hands for over seven years , and I have been doctering her all the time so I think you will consider the matter over and no that I can not help in any way , and in any case 4s. is a lot of money to pay a week .
21 Carole says it all the time .
22 Every few miles his suitcase bounced out the back of the cart and Tock became annoyed at having to stop and collect it all the time .
23 They should do it all the time I reckon .
24 In the cold light of day you come to realise that you just can not do it all the time , that the body comes to a point where , for the moment , it has had enough .
25 Provided that , ’ she added as though drafting a contract , ‘ you do n't do it all the time . ’
26 Oh I see that when I come Does she do it all the time then or was it just one-off ?
27 and the thread bit on I do n't do it all the time look you 've got half a sense mind half a strong common sense
28 That 's right I know , but see this is , you see this is the point I 'm trying to make to you , you can quite happily do it in your own way , but the problem is you do n't know what you 're doing , right , and , and if you actually knew what you were doing and well aware of what you 're doing you would do it a hundred times better and you would do it all the time , right
29 Phillis played it all the time : for old times sake wo n't you give my heart a break ?
30 ‘ We can have the Jheri-Curls chasin' us all the time tryin' to cut our hair and throw chemicals in it ! ’
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