Example sentences of "on [adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discussion may be restricted to impeccably intellectual topics , but the play of market forces is going on all the time just below the surface . |
| 2 | These recommendations go on all the time , but they are recommendations and that is all . |
| 3 | Months later he was to admit : ‘ Do n't you realize , Jim , I was just egging you on all the time ? |
| 4 | Political campaigning goes on all the time of course , not just in the run-up to a major election . |
| 5 | At night a light had to be on all the time and Blake 's prison clothes had to be placed outside his cell while , during the day , the clothes he wore had distinctive patches of coloured cloth on them to show that he was on the escape list . |
| 6 | This is a process which is going on all the time in the world of bacteria , and drug firms are managing to keep ahead , just , by producing newer ( and inevitably , more expensive ) antibiotics that will still be effective . |
| 7 | If he does , it should certainly not be on all the time . |
| 8 | Television is fine provided you are selective in your viewing , but not If it is on all the time . |
| 9 | The advantage of not having a light on all the time to illuminate the indicators is that my eyes adjust to the darkness and when it comes to casting or playing fish I am not completely blind . |
| 10 | Although Fred pretended to be surprised at my earnings I felt sure he knew what was going on all the time . |
| 11 | ‘ Could n't even tell you that , he kept his hat on all the time . |
| 12 | The Americans have weather programmes on TV that go on all the time , 24 hours a day . |
| 13 | If the electronic switch ( S ) depicted in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 was on all the time , the input and output voltages would be identical . |
| 14 | One thing I was n't keen on was that the noise suppressor stayed on all the time . |
| 15 | Ian 's temperament is something he is working on and we 've been working on all the time , but he just seems to be getting maximum publicity at the moment . ’ |
| 16 | fingerless mittens are an ideal solution as you can keep them on all the time even when shopping and paying at the checkout . |
| 17 | I simply must have it on all the time ! ’ |
| 18 | Fitting a fax modem means leaving your PC on all the time . |
| 19 | Perhaps the best form of advertising is that which goes on all the time through everyday contact with users of the service . |
| 20 | He just asked for more erm , one thing that is disturbing , what he does very causally mention is what is going on all the time |
| 21 | Experimentation and development go on all the time as the company searches for new ways to capture and build on the knowledge already accumulated by its workers . |
| 22 | My idea of prison was that it was somewhere where you were locked up and picked on all the time — that was my impression . |
| 23 | A simple solution , not without merit , is to leave the PC on all the time , which ensures a near constant operating temperature . |
| 24 | The electric bill used to be so high because we had the electric fire on all the time and we used to leave the oven on as well . |
| 25 | Ordinary things that go on all the time . |
| 26 | Generators powered by a free energy source can be left on all the time , perpetually recharging the batteries and , provided they are of an adequate size , can handle the charging demand of all but the largest yachts for most of the time . |
| 27 | It is part of the risk that the SDA takes in evaluating this type of equity , and it goes on all the time . |
| 28 | We had the radio on all the time to Radio Teheran , and I heard : " The revolution has won , the bastion or something has fallen " . |
| 29 | Assessing his impact on the reading public , Graham Greene wrote that he had ‘ some of the qualities of Dr Johnson — a plainness , an honesty , a sense of ordinary life going on all the time ’ . |
| 30 | I suppose the television 's on all the time here . ’ |