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
where were you at the time of the murder?
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.
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,
and the king will be left standing alone,