Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make sure , too , it is a feeding roll you are seeing and not any other kind of activity — though it is unlikely to be anything other than a feeding roll at that time of day . |
| 2 | The apothecary 's rose is hardy and will do well in deep , well-drained but moist soil , in sun or a little shade at some time during the day . |
| 3 | He called on other nuclear powers , notably China and the United Kingdom , to follow suit , saying that it provided " a real opportunity for … a total ban for all time on nuclear tests " . |
| 4 | These are variable , of course , but in many cases there are severe psychological after-effects — trauma , fear , and mistrust — which deeply affect the victim 's ability to lead a normal life for some time to come . |
| 5 | This was quite a normal thing at that time and neighbours would call to pay their last respects . |
| 6 | Handfast Point was joined to the cliff by a narrow ridge at this time . |
| 7 | And I believe personally in this context it would be foolish , at the moment , to go down a narrow road until such time as we are ca |
| 8 | Australia has had a Labour Government for some time , but unemployment there is higher than in the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | ‘ Baker has been carrying a strained abdomen for some time . |
| 10 | ‘ 'E usually goes out an' gets a daily paper about this time , ’ Mrs Beavis informed Dolly , ‘ and an evening paper later . |
| 11 | And we had erm we , there was a few changes during that time , we used to get troops coming in and occupying the classroom , and we maybe , at the very early days I can remember having to go to the Street School and also the Street Hall which belong that was a church hall . |
| 12 | ‘ Time-lapse ’ , as its name suggests , makes possible recording in bursts of a few frames at variable time intervals so that subjects such as the movement of clouds or the budding of flowers can be studied in speeded-up replay . |
| 13 | In strictly layman 's terms , the amount of additional engine-weight and fuel that any supersonic aircraft could get off the ground would give a few minutes of sub-orbital time , if that . |
| 14 | No , it was a piece I am very fond of and it happened to be in quite a few programmes at that time . |
| 15 | He increased his speed until he was running flat out , buying a few seconds of precious time to allow him to find a good defence position . |
| 16 | A British captain at one time ran the Chinese navy and the Persian government tried to get an American to run its finances . |
| 17 | erm it employs a million and a half people in full time jobs , or full time equivalents . |
| 18 | Having decided to apply — possibly a high-risk strategy in this time of rapid change in education — the rest of the process was remarkably straightforward . |
| 19 | Just over half reported visiting their general practitioners at the onset and a further 31% at some time later — actions which they might be expected to remember . |
| 20 | He added that it would be ‘ a grave error at this time of all times to remove the momentum for this process ’ . |
| 21 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
| 22 | He was a high risk at one time . |
| 23 | ‘ Now if it were Lady ’ she named a titled person at that time popular on television — ‘ it might make a difference . |
| 24 | Lionel Gamlin , a popular newscaster at that time , was chosen to make the appeal which produced £2,545 . |
| 25 | In other words , he endeavoured to introduce into Siberia something which was after all only a rudimentary concept at that time in metropolitan Russia , that is , the ‘ rule of law ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ It was n't a proper novel at that time . |
| 27 | and there 's a lot of er of what people even leave their , their fortunes to look after some animal and they do n't leave it to people like er the lady sitting here who are , folk , folk are starving , but then its because people are needed and people are needed by their children , but there also needed by their men folk and I think its when they turn to being a mother to their men that , you know , even the , the love that they have , er whether its been a sexual love at one time , er friendly love becomes a very caring love and er I think that 's what we all remember erm those of us who have lost our husbands , that would like to have that , that part back again |
| 28 | What we are not dealing with is a fully-fledged ‘ standard ’ pronunciation that can then be most usefully described in terms of a unilinear history since that time . |
| 29 | You can decide to start a personal pension at any time you want and then , in order to receive all the DSS minimum contributions that will be paid into your pension plan , backdate it to the start of the tax year on 6 April . |
| 30 | She borrowed money from friends , from a money-lender ( a dangerous practice at any time ) and also from , I think , Mr Bacon . |