Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [det] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They helped him many a time to keep his head above water or else we should have been in a poor way . ’ |
| 2 | Phillis played it all the time : for old times sake wo n't you give my heart a break ? |
| 3 | But my efforts at poking her rear end were fruitless ; she faced me all the time , wide-mouthed and growling as I circled . |
| 4 | And now , I I almost felt empty when she died , and I did n't have anybody to care for that really needed me all the time so I I , wanted to help out at a local dementia centre to try and make up for it and to pass on |
| 5 | I was the closet to him , I was within twenty-four hours a day and he called me all the time . |
| 6 | The rehearsal went on and he watched her all the time . |
| 7 | To begin with I watched him all the time . |
| 8 | The bearded man watched him all the time . |
| 9 | It took them half the time to get Kevin out to the Murphy cart than it took to get Liam sobered up again and it was Nellie who finally drove the cart away with its very full load . |
| 10 | And it 's so odd , it 's hard now when somebody says , ‘ What was it like ? ’ or says , ‘ What did she use to wear ? ’ because of course we all saw her all the time and thought nothing of it , saw her at the very least once a week ( missing service , it was called , if you went a week without visiting , and it was certain to be discussed amongst the congregation when you did finally show up ) , it 's just very odd for me to think that you were never there and that this is all strange to you when to us it was just an ordinary life . |
| 11 | It 's so silly is n't it when er you know that you knew it all the time . |
| 12 | She knew it all the time . |
| 13 | I do n't think Christ meant us all the time |
| 14 | Surely he meant that Johnson read it all the time , as Boswell wrote it ? |
| 15 | He captured her in a variety of poses and moods which reflect her many facets : as a grande dame in a hat and fur collar ; as a great courtesan — ‘ Madam Pompadour ’ he called the painting , perhaps deliberately mis-spelling it ; in a wicker chair ; demure in front of the piano ; and he sketched her all the time , with quick , deft strokes . |
| 16 | She could put all but the most essential tasks off until the next day , or the next , and did it all the time . |
| 17 | I did it all the time , more by accident that design . ] |
| 18 | Birds did it all the time with ease and grace , but for the crews of the bombers that flew from Fenton Bishop aerodrome she knew that to take off meant dry-mouthed apprehension and an ice-cold hand that twisted your guts and made you want to throw up the supper you had neither tasted nor enjoyed . |
| 19 | She did it all the time when Rob was not with her , recalling words they had spoken , hearing music and shared laughter . |
| 20 | It was really uncanny the way he did it all the time . |
| 21 | Most dogs break wind occasionally but Cedric was different ; he did it all the time . |
| 22 | She did it all the time . |
| 23 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 24 | They had him all the time , ’ said an astonished DDI . |
| 25 | So no one 'd ever know it was you had 'em all the time . |