Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun sg] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This solution works particularly well in houses which have evolved over several centuries , where it is possible to repair a wing at a time , selling the houses as they near completion and recycling the investment . |
| 2 | Have to do a bit at a time . |
| 3 | H. P. We used to keep an eye on pubs where the sergeant and the constable used to do a month at a time , visiting the cinemas , theatres , and public houses , licensed places , and do some pubs , night after night — just checking things , and at five past ten , you 'd be right in checking they were keeping to closing time . |
| 4 | ‘ I used to wear an earring at the time . |
| 5 | Sort of on the , on the horizon for the end of the year and er I , I er do n't know how we 're going to do but erm I think the answer probably is to take a chunk at a time on the basis that erm one is n't going to be able to charge around as violently , actively as some people will . |
| 6 | The director , Jean-Christophe Amman , foresees having to close a floor at a time if the city is unwilling to subsidise its costs . |
| 7 | The complexity , technology and chemical make-up of goods made it more difficult for people to understand what they were buying and to make a judgment at the time of purchase . |