Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [num] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you climb two or three flights of stairs , reasonably fast and taking the steps two at a time , and not end up breathless ? |
| 2 | ‘ Come on ! ’ he cried , pushed past Fand and leapt up the steps two at a time . |
| 3 | He grinned , then spurred himself on , mounting the steps two at a time . |
| 4 | The class is then excused and the entries return to the ring one at a time in numerical order to be judged individually . |
| 5 | He scooped up a stone and leaping the steps to the terrace three at a time , he hurled it through the door and dived after it , hitting the living-room floor flat and rolling twice . |
| 6 | I do occasionally move through the range two at a time e.g. 4,6,8 but as often as not that is because I 've economised in not buying all the potencies ! |
| 7 | He took the stairs up to the hallway two at a time , the carpet absorbing almost all of the sound . |
| 8 | In this chapter we shall look at ways of smoothing the edges off the jagged initial appearance of data plotted over time ; we shall look at the observations three at a time , taking seriously the spirit of this somewhat sarcastic remark , to get indications of the trend . |
| 9 | When the moment passed , Delaney took the stairs two at a time . |
| 10 | Stephen took the stairs two at a time and threw open the bedroom door to see Tamar , sitting up in the big fourposter bed , nursing their son . |
| 11 | They went into the hall together ; then Joe watched Martin take the stairs two at a time , and the maleness of him , his virility seemed to leave an aroma behind him . |
| 12 | ‘ No breakfast ? ’ she called when she saw him striding up the stairs two at a time . |
| 13 | Lucenzo detached himself from the crowd and ran up the stairs two at a time , seeing that she 'd frozen . |
| 14 | She slammed the coffee-mug on to the table , put her hand to her mouth and rushed out of the room , taking the stairs two at a time . |
| 15 | Next moment , he was racing up the stairs two at a time , and Theda was stumbling along the gallery to meet him , clinging to the railing for support . |
| 16 | He gave her a grin and took the stairs two at a time . |
| 17 | He descended the stairs two at a time , and before she 'd managed to catch her breath she was deposited on the settee in the living-room and Michele was sitting beside her . |
| 18 | The sound of his low mocking laughter followed her as she took the stairs two at a time , desperate to be away from his gaze , all too aware that a scarlet flush had enveloped her entire body — aware too that the heat he had generated in her had n't only been embarrassment . |
| 19 | Siegfried had just begun to take the stairs three at a time when his brother descended from the landing , knotting his tie with perfect composure . |
| 20 | The colour is built up by using heat to lay down coloured wax-based dyes onto the paper one at a time . |
| 21 | Once you have the list of potential matching files , you can locate the actual file in one of two ways ; firstly , you can open each file in the list one at a time , and check whether it is the one you really want . |
| 22 | She was obliged to follow , stumbling after him as he took the ladder two at a time . |
| 23 | The words that are to be recognised are spoken into the system one at a time and the resulting information is stored as a ‘ library ’ . |
| 24 | They are then invited to try and throw them in a basket one at a time without looking at the value . |