Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as we said earlier that some of us who have been in the truth for a long time we were like that years ago , but somewhere along the line we 've become drowsy and a little sort of halfhearted and maybe dozing a little bit as we go down that sort of motorway er of spirituality and that , that the longer you go it can become more difficult because other things come along do n't they ? |
| 2 | Without concentrations of activity at a given place at a given time there would be no patterns , no spatial or areal differentiation . |
| 3 | ‘ If Prost wants to be called champion for a fourth time he should come back in a sporting way . |
| 4 | to say that in fairness to them , so what we would respectfully submit is that your Lordship having assessed the damages and erm , together with interest other than court of protection costs that the figure which we had mentioned and , and adjourn the matter for consideration of a structured settlement erm and that 's the first figure erm , that , the , the second thing , is that there is money in court er we would ask for a direction of the balance of the money , the balance over and above the money in court which is an extra three hundred and six thousand , three hundred and forty pounds at the present stage be brought into court within a reasonable time which we would note is fourteen days , maybe the defendant would ask longer , we have n't discussed it . |
| 5 | As a conscious exercise in boosting public morale at a difficult time there was a real danger of over-indulgence in wishful thinking ; it would be a cruel delusion to anticipate too many rabbits out of the hat , only to be fobbed off by the patter of the conjurer . |
| 6 | Moreover , if Olwyn went to bed at an earlier time it would obviate the Jones ' need to reinforce aspects of her bad behaviour ( for example giving in to tantrums and providing positive attention for hitting ) . |
| 7 | I think it worth pointing out that of course erm when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister for a brief time I think Lady Young was Leader of the House of Lords in her cabinet , but apart from that there was never another women cabinet minister during her time as leader , so |
| 8 | But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway |