Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tipler 's description of a working time machine is a cylinder with the density of a neutron star , 100 km long and 10 km in radius , rotation twice every millisecond ( New Scientist , vol. 87 , p 654 ) , superficially , such an object would be a lot like a fast pulsar , since pulsars are thought to be rotation neutron stars , but the fastest pulsar known when Tipler made his calculations was the Crab pulsar , with a period of 30 milliseconds . |
| 2 | I 'm talking about quarter past seven , at this time , well there 's no real need for them to be up now it 's just that if they get , they like to have a a little bit of a play time . |
| 3 | This , and a veiled threat of prosecution , was enough to deter the publication of a Sunday Times article and the broadcasting of a Thames Television programme which were both detrimental to the Army 's case . |
| 4 | We have a body that deals with police here and they should be doing there duties , no good the local police tell us there 's only eight members a shift , cos we do n't believe it , they get on the Council and so they someone say what about all these other places that are being robbed of a night time . . |
| 5 | They did n't give me methadone , they just gave me I think it was 30 milligrams of Librium and two sleepers of a night time … . |
| 6 | Now only three or four years later I 'd say of yeah we 're go to somewhere a bit quieter , so that kids can go to bed of a night time , we could have a apartment . |
| 7 | And so the very next day Helen told us of a night time that he was gon na stay and early in the morning he come back door with some papers and I said oh take well it never comes to more than six pound ninety or seven pound fifty but he calls it . |
| 8 | she used to go to an old person 's home of a night time you know |
| 9 | Where , unfortunately , ladies er , wo n't go out of a night time because they 're frightened whereas , we 're looking for a little bit of a reassurance . |
| 10 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |
| 11 | Listen if I had enough time I 'll tell you the joke of a life time mate , but I have n't got the time . |
| 12 | To maximise your income — which may mean , for example , exploring the possibility of a part time job , or checking you are getting all the state benefits to which you are entitled . |
| 13 | The four basic steps on the road back to financial health are : To Maximise your income — which may mean , for example , exploring the possibility of a part time job , or checking you are getting all the state benefits to which you are entitled . |
| 14 | Now on to this business of a part time job . |
| 15 | This aspect is not the best indicator of a boom time for money matters . |
| 16 | P ( ) was taken to equal the enrichment of a zero time sample of plasma proteins . |
| 17 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 18 | Seems like a life time ! |
| 19 | There was no need for a question time , since a member could intervene in business by moving a motion on a number of pretexts and raise any subject in an immediate debate . |
| 20 | LIBEL DAMAGES FOR MP 'S WIDOW An elderly London widow agreed at the High Court today to accept substantial undislosed damages for a Sunday Times article alleging her twin children were the result of an affair with the father of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis . |
| 21 | The letter , dated June 23 , refers to reaching an agreement for a Sunday Times article presenting ‘ a more balanced picture ’ than that given by the Morton book serialisation which portrays Diana as victim of a loveless marriage . |
| 22 | And for a while time stood still . |
| 23 | the idea of making a boat like this has been around for a lkong time . |
| 24 | Thus informed and protected you are ready — but only if it seems right for you — to embark upon a sexual journey that will last in one way or another for a life time . |
| 25 | The information on obtaining funding for a part time senior registrar post given by J E Morrell and A J Roberts will soon be superseded . |
| 26 | You know for a part time worker on on low earnings . |
| 27 | Windlestone Shed raid : Burglars broke into a shed at Windlestone Farm and stole tools during a night time raid last week . |
| 28 | While the responsibility for doing so remains with the project leader , the accountant should be accepted as a part time member of the project team and encouraged to contribute ideas . |
| 29 | While the responsibility for doing so remains with the project leader , the accountant should be accepted as a part time member of the project team and encouraged to contribute ideas . |
| 30 | He was too depressed even to care about travelling back on the tube with his right wrist in a sling during a period which the Tooting Guardian had described as a peak time for knife attacks . |