Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] time it [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think there 's the stretching of it you see , I mean wire w after a certain time it would stretch a bit |
| 2 | Sybase has done very well in financial markets and companies in Wall Street and the City , mostly because for a long time it could offer facilities such as triggers and stored procedures that Oracle could n't . |
| 3 | Sybase has done very well in financial markets and companies in Wall Street and the City , mostly because for a long time it could offer facilities such as triggers and stored procedures that Oracle could n't . |
| 4 | Rousseau ( 1762 , p. 147 ) did approve of one book : ‘ This is the first book Émile will read ; for a long time it will form his whole library and it will always retain an honoured place . |
| 5 | In a short time it will bear clouted cream laid over it . |
| 6 | At an ordinary time it would have been almost impossible to enter undetected , but tomorrow morning , when the Lord of Parfois brought home from France his forty knights and their followings , and the entire population of the castle came out to meet them and bring them in , then one more insignificant boy might very well slip unnoticed into the throng and get by the guard at the gate unchallenged . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |