TIME (complex adverbial phrases) – English Grammar Profiler

In this post, we look at 5 ways the word ‘time’ is tagged by the CLAWS 7 tagger in the iWeb corpus:

1 TIME (NNT1) 24212119 (noun)

* * time_NNT1 * *

1 AT THE TIME OF THE 94020

After all, 

where were you at the time of the murder?

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2 THE SAME TIME. 51368 3 AT THE TIME. 39228 4 AT A TIME. 32942 5 THE SAME TIME, THE 31782 6 THE FIRST TIME. 29744 7 ALL THE TIME. 28599 8 AT ANY TIME. 25543 9 OF THE TIME. 22615

10 PERIOD OF TIME. 21797

2 TIME (RR42) 192513 (from time to time) B2 adverbial phrase

Maybe it would’ve done you some good to have some questions from time to time.

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3 TIME (VV0%) 101432 9 TIME (VVI) 9981 (verb)

4 TIME (RT43) 37727 (For the time being)

5 TIME (RR31) 21289 (time and again)

There are other complex adverbial phrases that could be added such as:

Clear the lines of men in your head, 

one at a time, 

and the king will be left standing alone,

 like a guy on a street corner.

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