Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [noun sg] this time " in BNC.

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1 He admitted last night : ‘ We will do well to come away with a point this time .
2 ‘ Well , I 'm not in a scrape this time , so stop fussing . ’
3 They had raised themselves but still remained crouched , and were moving slowly by the hedge towards the tree , when once again Martin 's attention was brought round to the strip of woodland , not by a noise this time , but by a strange feeling of impending danger .
4 When a proton and deuterium fuse they also give helium-3 , accompanied not by a neutron this time but by radiant energy , a gamma ray .
5 Storage is concerned with space and , conveniently as so often happens , requirements can be summed up in an acronym this time SPACES which stands for —
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