Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Yes , yes , it sounds it sounds as it 's for a limited time anyway , so , you know
2 No cos I 've seen this done before right , I mean it 's over a certain time , but if you go in at the end of the time
3 We need periodically to consider whether existing methods are the best that can be devised for dealing with crime in the context of society as it is at a given time .
4 The guy who 's been in the business or been in the same patch or whatever it is for a long time ,
5 I ask a simple question to which I know that there is a simple answer , but I still think that it is worth a little time to discover it : why are the Government in such a desperate hurry to get the Bill back to the House on 26 February ?
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