Example sentences of "[pron] at a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ‘ lets go ’ in a frightening tantrum — banging his head , kicking , screaming and yelling — when he can not get his own way , such as when you try to insist on his doing something , refuse his commands or attend to people other than himself at a time when he wants your undivided attention . |
| 2 | Buy plenty at a time — or get them free from clinics — to avoid running out at an inconvenient moment … |
| 3 | It was certainly significant to the next stage of Nicholson 's career , and indeed what was happening in Hollywood itself at a time of changing tastes which made it almost impossible to predict what next year 's cinema audience would go into raptures about . |
| 4 | We regret having to disturb you at a time when you are busy , but the matter is important . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Look , I 'm terribly sorry , ’ continued Blanche , ‘ to have to come back and see you at a time like this , Mr Lancaster — ’ |
| 6 | I 'm sorry to have to ask you at a time like this — ’ |
| 7 | One at a time . ’ |
| 8 | He advocates marking the stretchers off one at a time instead of squaring cross all four at once . |
| 9 | He cuts the tenon shoulders one at a time , and then lines them up to make a final pass if necessary . |
| 10 | ‘ We have to confront vast , very powerful baronies , one at a time . |
| 11 | And just to make things really tough the matches are rovers with each angler sent off one at a time to pick his swim , putting the emphasis on reading the water . |
| 12 | He also suggests that it might be a good idea if we move one at a time to avoid a ridiculous crush in the tent ; I should get up and move out , then he will get up and start the fire , then Nathan can get up last . |
| 13 | Beat in the yolks of the eggs , one at a time . |
| 14 | Beat in the eggs , one at a time , then the flour and spices . |
| 15 | Instead of the medical materialism of Hammer horror , we get a surprisingly restrained treatment of the play 's fuliginous cruelties : even when the Duchess is invaded by a chorus of madmen , they are ushered in one at a time by a beady-eyed supervisor wielding a corrective cane . |
| 16 | Beat in the sugar and the egg yolks , one at a time , then stir in the almonds and the cooled chocolate . |
| 17 | The best general advice for the consumer is to buy the masterpieces as Amadeus wrote them : one at a time , and with loving care . |
| 18 | I tugged him gently along the walkway , which was made of planks , I discovered , with short mooring posts sticking up at intervals , needing me to lift his legs over one at a time . |
| 19 | Beat in the eggs , one at a time , then stir in the onion while the mixture is hot ; after five minutes , add the bacon and liver . |
| 20 | Cream the butter and sugar and beat in the eggs , one at a time . |
| 21 | This suggested they had been attacked one at a time , and taken by surprise , which reinforced the verdict that two and not four men were involved . |
| 22 | When starting solids begin with tiny amounts , such as a teaspoonful and introduce new foods singly , one at a time , every four days or so . |
| 23 | She liked people one at a time . |
| 24 | Peel , halve and core them and place them in a saucepan … cover with the wine and a broken cinnamon stick and heat until barely simmering … wash the monkfish and pat dry with kitchen paper … just as the liquid begins to caramelise , add the lemon juice and stir vigorously … reduced to a quarter of its original volume … add the cubes one at a time … thread the piece of monkfish … reserving the liquid … baste the fruit continuously … intersperse with pears … hand the sauce separately … |
| 25 | ‘ He chose to favour us one at a time and the others were left out in the cold . |
| 26 | The techniques of control used in contingency tables involved literally holding a variable constant by considering its categories one at a time . |
| 27 | Later , he would be revenged upon them all , but he would take them individually , one at a time , when they were unprepared . |
| 28 | Beechams Pills could be bought one at a time in a spill for a penny . |
| 29 | From the point of view of an application system carrying out final plausibility checks , CLE- I logical forms emerge one at a time , with no scoring information attached , and the application must decide which one to accept using an essentially binary , absolute plausibility test . |
| 30 | CLE-1 , however , always imposes strong preferences , because of the way that reference candidates are tried one at a time in a depth-first fashion , with backtracking to the next candidate taking place when , and only when , the logical form involving the current one is deemed implausible . |