Example sentences of "and [prep] a [adj] time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colleagues , the Parliament of the European Community and of the United Kingdom have seriously considered the consequences of the spillage of eighty five thousand tons of oil from oil tanker which ran aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands on the fifth of January nineteen ninety three and for a considerable time socialists of the European Parliament have been complaining incessantly for greater safety at sea . |
| 2 | Peter suggested a course of therapy involving food , and something called John Fisher 's Training Discs — no , I do n't know what they are either , but they worked , and within a short time Noddy 's behaviour had been modified and he lost interest in the motor car . |
| 3 | Benches were wiped , floors were swept , and within a short time Ling 's kitchen had been restored to the pristine condition in which they had found it . |
| 4 | It has a modern bistro feel , and in a short time catering manager Debbie Ferrie and her staff have impressed with their food . |
| 5 | That is , each of the samples should be a random representative sample of the whole user population in a specific geographical location and in a given time period . |
| 6 | UK and EC policies have developed separately , largely in isolation and over a different time scale . |
| 7 | One of the problems is that the Government 's momentum to privatise was determined for ideological reasons and on a tight time scale . |