Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] a time " in BNC.

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1 Choose 7/8in mats where workers remain for a full shift ; 1/2in mats at work stations used for hours at a time ; 3/8in mats in traffic areas .
2 Is not it hard that all those measures have been placed on students at a time when they find it particularly difficult to get vacation jobs or part-time jobs in term time and when those who graduate find it increasingly difficult to get jobs to pay off the overdrafts that they have had to incur as students ?
3 Finally it is stored in casks for a time which varies according to the final requirements , since pale and bitter ales take longer to mature than mild ales .
4 When water levels drop the shoreline remains green , for it is seeded with a special grass which can survive being submerged for weeks at a time .
5 Deep acting medicines ( Lycopodium , Calc Carb etc. ) can be used several times daily and repeated for months at a time if necessary .
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