Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [adj] time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Launch such shock-screens through the vapour many times a second , and you have an ideal swept-volume for displaying 3-D pictures . |
| 2 | Waves burst over the cockpit into the saloon only to pour out through the manhole each time the bridge-deck broke free for a moment . |
| 3 | It forced me out of the attic three times a day to discover my new surroundings and meet the local people . |
| 4 | Strategically sited wind-breaks reduce the impact of strong winds and provide more vulnerable plants with essential shelter for a distance many times the height of the wind-break . |
| 5 | These are massaged into the scalp several times a week . |
| 6 | Cases were sometimes adjourned repeatedly , with a review each time the child reappeared in court . |
| 7 | The other issue arising here is whether you take the cost of the chairs out of the asset account and show them as an expense each time a sale is made or whether this is done at the end of the month . |
| 8 | The author can recall one development on the West Coast of Scotland , where tiles were stripped from the roofs several times a year , in spite of each time being nailed and clipped . |
| 9 | A mini-bus operates to and from the town three times a day although car hire is recommended for the less energetic . |
| 10 | Of course I was not saying I see people elbowed in the face 200 times a week . |
| 11 | Not one to shirk the product testing , she eats in the restaurants five times a week and , on some occasions , has a chef cook the entire menu for her . |
| 12 | I worked out in a gym three times a week but when my fitness was tested for the BBC 's The Fitness Programme ( which , embarrassingly , I was presenting ) , it was discovered that although my biceps were passable , my heart and lungs were unaffected by my muscle conditioning . |
| 13 | I was given , in my first job , responsibility for the administration of the education service in an area one-and-a-half times the size of Scotland . |
| 14 | This land of little more than 2m people and 24m sheep , enclosed between China and Russia in an area three times the size of France , had already appealed for emergency food aid to get it through the winter when the worst snows for 50 years hit three provinces in the south-west . |
| 15 | ‘ The idea is , if you get them all swimming — without Mr Foggerty and me , that is … if you take the job on , and take them to the baths several times a week — if you teach them to swim , we 'll give you a motor-bike . ’ |
| 16 | Sara drove him scornfully to the hospital three times a week , for he was n't supposed to drive . |
| 17 | Unlike the runners or the cuistots , when carrying a wounded man the unhappy musiciens/ brancardiers could not fling themselves to the ground each time a shell screamed overhead . |
| 18 | Drawn by three horses abreast Shillibeer 's omnibus ran from Paddington to the Bank four times a day each way . |
| 19 | He goes to the gym three times a week but despite keeping in shape , Nigel is baffled by people who think he 's handsome . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd done a lot of training , going to the gym three times a week and now I 'm one of the top boxers for my age and weight . |
| 21 | This was partly the result of sheer indecision : during the Abdication imbroglio of 1936 , for example , he admitted to an acquaintance that " he changed his mind on the subject several times a day " . |
| 22 | In many circumstances the service to the University may have been over a period several times the 3 years of undergraduate study . |
| 23 | Pointing to the Conservative Party 's own canvassing returns which show that they have a 20pc lead over Labour he added : ‘ Our own returns based on a sample twenty times the size of The Northern Echo survey show a quite different picture . |
| 24 | Pointing to the Conservative Party 's own canvassing returns which show that they have a 20pc lead over Labour he added : ‘ Our own returns based on a sample twenty times the size of The Northern Echo survey show a quite different picture . |
| 25 | She was looking at Aggie now , and Aggie said , ‘ Well , there will be holidays , dear , there will be holidays ; ’ then turning to the Mother Superior , added firmly , ‘ she 'll have to come on a holiday three times a year , other wise it 's no go . ’ |
| 26 | In the very early stages the white hole appears to expand at a rate several times the speed of light , as I explain in an article written with R. C. Kapoor in Astrophysics and Space Sciences ( vol 53 , p 155 ) . |
| 27 | Its bulletin , Christian Meditation Newsletter , containing spiritual articles and meditation news from around the world , is published by the community four times a year . |