Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm the kind you can trample for a time . |
| 2 | We will call at a time that suits you — even if that 's an evening or a Sunday and we guarantee to repair or replace faulty equipment within 24 hours of your call . |
| 3 | If we sort of reverse things in our minds eye , and look backwards into the past history of the universe , we can come to a time where apparently all the material in the universe would have been on top of itself , that it would all have been squeezed into a point , and this moment sometimes people call the big bang , or the initial singularity . |
| 4 | It 's very small , only just room for the bunk , but it would do for a time . |
| 5 | This means it can tolerate an actual break in supply because it will run for a time on the batteries . |