Example sentences of "[noun] and [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | UK and EC policies have developed separately , largely in isolation and over a different time scale . |
| 2 | Luce buried her face against Michele 's neck and for a long time they sat without moving or speaking . |
| 3 | Our expansion had necessitated the leasing of more expensive equipment and in a short time the café was losing a lot of money . |
| 4 | One of the problems is that the Government 's momentum to privatise was determined for ideological reasons and on a tight time scale . |
| 5 | There is of course no need to be unduly alarmed at these discrepancies ; we should reflect that any normal language presents numerous instances where certain recalcitrant items refuse to fit into a generally acceptable pattern ( e.g. for no very obvious reason the " expected " adverbs difficultly and longly are not accepted in English and have to be replaced by the phrases with difficulty and for a long time . ) |
| 6 | Every actual utterance is spatiotemporally unique , being spoken or written at a particular place and at a particular time ; and provided that there is some standard system for identifying points in space and time , we can , in principle , specify the actual spatiotemporal situation of any utterance act . |
| 7 | I attended the funeral and for a long time afterwards we , as a family , used to take flowers to the grave . |
| 8 | We were taken the few miles out to Wyton by RAF transport and in a short time , smiling falsely at each other and with our cumbersome parachutes bumping round our legs , we found ourselves walking out to the plane for our first flight . |
| 9 | Most of us defecate once a day and at a convenient time . |
| 10 | But Joseph had always been very devoted to any local news and for a long time the talk of the town had been the Cockermouth man — Fletcher Christian 's — Mutiny . |
| 11 | Therefore , the plaintiffs , a partnership in general medical practice , were seeking to prevent an employee once he had left , from , inter alia , practising as a consultant within a certain area and for a certain time . |
| 12 | Before 18 months , a child wo n't recognise herself in the mirror and for a long time will describe herself in terms of attributes ( like smallness ) and her possessions . |
| 13 | Once it had dispersed , Bunting was allowed to hold a meeting in the Diamond and for a short time afterwards there was tension as rival groups of teenagers faced each other , but police and DCAC stewards persuaded them to disperse before any trouble broke out . |
| 14 | Both meetings came at an important time in Russia 's relationship with the rest of the world and at a critical time for world peace and stability . |
| 15 | That is , each of the samples should be a random representative sample of the whole user population in a specific geographical location and in a given time period . |
| 16 | Realising that rowing was n't viable long-term , he soon became interested in karate and after a short time at the university club looked further afield for tutoring . |
| 17 | Last summer — and 11 years on — on a tricky surface at Headingley and at a crucial time , he played his greatest Test innings , carrying his bat for an extraordinary 7½ hours making an unbeaten 154 . |
| 18 | Last summer — and 11 years on — on a tricky surface at Headingley and at a crucial time , he played his greatest Test innings , carrying his bat for an extraordinary 7½ hours making an unbeaten 154 . |