Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] of time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you start to discover this one actually does travel through walls , the sound of it does actually does travel through walls , but as I say , it 's only a temporary measure to buy yourself a little bit of time she says . |
| 2 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 3 | Therefore property passed to him when after a reasonable length of time he had failed to object . |
| 4 | That was until Ronnie McFall came to Shamrock Park and in a short space of time we have won the League two years on the trot , runner-up last season and challenging strongly again this season . |
| 5 | In April 1962 he wrote ‘ Blowin' in the Wind ’ , and within a short space of time he had been adopted as the spokesman of the civil-rights movement . |
| 6 | With four sales to cover in a short space of time your correspondent was left with the impression that there is no lack of interest in the subject , that the general standard of cataloguing is high , but prices remain depressed — except that is for anything related to Zeppelins and lighter-than-air aviation . |
| 7 | ‘ So within a short space of time she lost her baby and permanently lost her ability to have another baby with serious and lasting consequences to her health and eventually fatal consequences for her marriage . ’ |
| 8 | for a short period of time which will have the same affect of building it up over the twenty five year period and you can use the money for er er other things . |
| 9 | Within a short period of time I had learnt how to help myself ; the pain gradually began to abate spontaneously , a great relief after nearly three years of constant discomfort . |
| 10 | Are you saying then that when one 's lapsed for six months or over a given period of time we should actually go out there and remove the signs |
| 11 | An occasional court appearance can become enshrined as mere ritual ceremony totally encapsulating a particular moment of time which can be easily forgotten . |
| 12 | But it is encapsulated in the phrase that she was subjected to sadistic behaviour over a lengthy period of time which she accepted because she was in love with him . |
| 13 | From another angle , one may note that the receipt of publicity , as Florey knew well , is an astonishing waste of time which can be spent on more worthy scientific activities . |