Example sentences of "[det] time for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary Alston , one of the mainstays of the women 's union in the 1920s , had to care during this time for a sick sister , who was in and out of a nursing home ; much later , in the 1940s , she had to give up work for a while to care for her mother . |
| 2 | Besides which , it takes some time for a new general to adapt to his command , and time was something we did not have . ’ |
| 3 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 4 | You will therefore be put in the position of paying two mortgages at the same time for a short period . |
| 5 | Just enough time for a reverse-charge call , and an excuse for getting away if the conversation began to get awkward . |
| 6 | But we also remember how that was n't sustained , and the cynical political fix of the Tories a few months later , that for the moment has coped with the government 's political crisis , and temporarily has bought a little time for a few pits . |
| 7 | Some years ago Collectair featured another commemorative luftwaffe Christmas plate , that time for a celebratory landing at Moscow , something that never happened . |