Example sentences of "[adj] or [num] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then one evening — I must have been 12 or 13 at the time — we were driving back from visiting my nan in Kent . |
| 2 | Twenty per cent of them were aged 7 when first abused , 40% were 12 or 13 at the time . |
| 3 | He went bounding up the stairs , three or four at a time , praying to himself the room had n't been taken over by some amorous couple while he 'd been away , cursing himself for doubting her . |
| 4 | ‘ They live in all the other rooms , ten or twelve at a time . ’ |
| 5 | She had never questioned his facts ; he had been ten or twelve at the time and she had confidently assumed that he knew what he was talking about . |
| 6 | I was about ten or eleven at the time , but I had ‘ known ’ since I was about six . |
| 7 | ‘ People have been buying the Mirror as a souvenir , snapping up five or six at a time . ’ |
| 8 | The pilgrims went in after him in groups of five or six at a time . |
| 9 | So yes your spouse might be getting all your assets , but if you 're going o be seventy five or eighty by the time you 've gone and your spouse is seventy four or seventy nine or whatever , he or she may be a little bit past the running around that 's necessary the actual practicality of it . |
| 10 | The 100 consecutive patients were all Tanner stage 1 or 2 at the time of diagnosis . |
| 11 | Most of the overwintered hives had survived , with the help of bread soaked in ale every couple of weeks , and now they were unwrapped , one or two at a time in case of a late frost , and set up in sheltered corners . |
| 12 | As I pointed out above , as the newcomers settled into established communities here and there and one or two at a time , many social relations between incomers and Shetlanders were created from the simple neighbourly needs for advice and help with house repairs and so on . |
| 13 | Much of the certifieds ' training is done by correspondence course and , until the final exams that must be passed in one sitting , they are able to tackle the lower stages over a five-year period , taking one or two at a time . |
| 14 | Confine the selection to one or two at a time . |
| 15 | ‘ If I sold them one or two at a time I 'd be here for twenty years . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We were nine or ten at the time . |
| 17 | One possibility is to choose two or three at a time , as above , and then go on to a few others . |
| 18 | About 20 technicians have made the trip so far , visiting in groups of four or five at a time to learn about the Swiss-made AISA machines they use . |
| 19 | So that was er that was how and I was in I was I was at Well I think I was about nineteen er eighteen or nineteen at the time you know . |
| 20 | Mrs Margery Teasdale , of Guisborough , remembers the operas put on by Tippett , even though she was only seven or eight at the time . |