Example sentences of "and a [noun sg] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This we did , for in about an hour and a quarter from the time of our beginning the ascent , we found ourselves on the top of this dreadful precipice , and in possession of some very uncommon plants … ’ |
| 2 | I 'd join the crimplene brigade , dress out of the Littlewoods club and resign myself to false teeth and a perm by the time I was 30 . |
| 3 | The cost of all significant community services provided for each of the clients ( including day hospitals and day centres ) has been included , plus of course the time of support workers and a proportion of the time of the development officers ( see Appendix IV ) . |
| 4 | Complex , extraordinarily talented , a disciplined polymath , he is a dandy , a wit and a connoisseur at a time when all three attributes are very rare indeed . |
| 5 | Jeez Mark I was having a laugh and a beer at the time , not researching a new episode of Inspector Morse ! |
| 6 | It 's all very inwardlooking , and a lot of the time I find myself — it may sound unforgivable — ignorant of what 's going on outside me and the influences that are going around . |
| 7 | It is up to them and a lot of the time they will do anything to get you inside . |
| 8 | It is cheaper than telephoning and a lot of the time it works . |
| 9 | So you could see the pattern yourself and make it easier and a lot of the time at school when the teacher 's telling you , Why do n't you do it this way ? they 're not trying to make it harder for you . |
| 10 | My morning sickness I had explained away as the bug starting and a lot of the time it was sickness at an evening meal . |
| 11 | Erm and a lot of the time you do n't need to multiply it out . |
| 12 | Wallace does , and a lot of the time a forward can ‘ force ’ a midfield into a certain ball/pass . |
| 13 | And a lot of the time they could n't teach me anything . |
| 14 | I heard Brad having a conversation again today about Ooh I do n't feel ye I heard him saying why do n't we feel very happy about this and not and not happy with the subjects and I do n't feel very happy about running the session so go up this way he 's never done the work you see so he 's trying to learn it from i instructions and things and a lot of the time you need to have actually done it to be able to talk about it |
| 15 | She said , and a lot of the time , she said , he 's a , he 's a little sod , she said , but you know , she said , I mean , it 's not all bad things about him , and I said , I 've been hearing things about you from Miss , and she oh , what she 's been bloody saying , I bet she 's been saying I 'm crap at English . |
| 16 | erm And a lot of the time this gentleman would have been sorting through the data , finding out who owed how much money , writing them polite letters , and this is the sort of thing you can do very quickly with a computer . |
| 17 | Temple became known as a local Gretna Green and an historian of the time commented , ‘ Many a bad marriage bargain is there slubbered up ( sic ) and grass widows with their fatlings put to lie in and nurse here ’ . |