Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | No , it was a piece I am very fond of and it happened to be in quite a few programmes at that time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Stuart thought the man must be really strong to push about a hundred trolleys at one time . |
| 7 | Then there are some pathetic , weedy looking swots , inadequately equipped and unsuitably dressed , in gaberdine raincoats and Oxford shoes , unwieldy packs all done up with string , who look as if they have never walked farther than a hundred yards at any time in their lives . |