Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said nothing for a time . |
| 2 | As for Dawson , he almost ignored it , and me for a time . |
| 3 | I thought he and you , both of you , had deceived me about your relationship — the way Suzanna and Raich deceived me for a time . |
| 4 | Mrs Verity 's expenditure turned out to be far more than she guessed and their decisions were also affected because the bank was overcharging them for a time . |
| 5 | In order to appreciate something which is above and beyond ourselves we have to rid ourselves for a time of our sophistication and , in the words of Jesus Christ , become as little children again . |
| 6 | But I was thinking , looking at them — ’ he gestured towards the tourists — ‘ seeing them in a group , it reminded me of a time in cadet school . |
| 7 | These provided work which for a time helped to stop young people leaving the Highlands . |
| 8 | Progress in the 19th century lay in improving refining techniques , in finding new uses ( especially in catalysis and electricity ) and discovering new sources , principally in the Urals — after which for a time the Russians adopted platinum coinage . |
| 9 | At about the same time , given by flags , which for a time went undetected by the 5th Battle Squadron , commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas . |
| 10 | Whether the West 's prerogatives are real , and whether or not they are exercised , the resolution of the territorial controversy has removed the one bone of contention which for a time made the Warsaw Pact a community of shared anxiety . |
| 11 | Two things happened , however , to divert trade unionism from the adoption of that role and to lead it instead into what has been called its revolutionary period , one which for a time made the ownership and control of industries by the people who worked in them its main objective , which sought in short to displace the organisation of industry on the capitalist model by an industrial co-operative commonwealth . |
| 12 | He received honours from Italy , Serbia , Montenegro , and the republic of San Marino , of which for a time he was consul in London . |
| 13 | One by one Europe 's heroes began to climb off the floor and mount a furious offensive which for a time at least threatened to overpower their rivals . |
| 14 | Kite was six under par when he inflicted on Clark the worst defeat in Ryder Cup singles history and in the process handed his side the initiative which for a time seemed it would n't relinquish . |
| 15 | These are the opinions of Lord White , Conservative peer and joint founder of Hanson , which for a time threatened to take over ICI . |
| 16 | Eckersley himself for a time worked for Sir Oswald Mosley [ q.v. ] , joining the New Party and involving himself subsequently in commercial broadcasting schemes which interested Mosley also . |
| 17 | UDCs were intended to be merely pump-primers to bring in the private sector , which after a time would be reduced as private sector finance took over . |
| 18 | This process involved the addition of doses of lime and soda ash which after a time led to precipitation of the hardness salts . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Buy plenty at a time — or get them free from clinics — to avoid running out at an inconvenient moment … |
| 21 | INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Surrealism and erotic fantasy are recurring themes in a retrospective on Meret Oppenheim , the German-Swiss artist , who for a time was a model and follower of Man Ray . |
| 22 | But the curious pair who for a time were so well-known simply for being rich vanished from the public eye — towards a tax haven in Jersey . |
| 23 | The genuineness of the Ring of Minos has been questioned by Nilsson , but now that it is lost , allegedly buried somewhere in the garden of Nicolaos Pollakis , the priest of Fortetsa , who for a time shortly after its discovery was its owner , the question will probably never be resolved ( Warren 1982 ) . |
| 24 | At least one senior member , who for a time was delegated the task of convening its meetings , considered the panel to have been of little relevance in the first year or so : because the books were not on the shelves , so there was n't a great need for finding ways of stimulating the use of this material . |
| 25 | When Iskra had to be printed in London Quelch put all the resources of the Twentieth Century Press at the disposal of the Russians , who for a time included Lenin . |
| 26 | Yet they included gifted men , not only the Florentine pioneers of opera who for a time were still active as monodists — Peri 's Le varie musiche ( Florence , 1609 ) , Caccini 's posthumously published Nuove Musiche e nuova maniera di scriverle ( Florence , 1614 ) , Gagliano 's Musiche ( Venice , 1615 ) but younger composers : Sigismondo d'India ( c. 1580–1629 ) , Claudio Saracini ( 1586–after 1649 ) , and Domenico Belli ( fl. c. 1616 ) in the Florentine-Mantuan orbit . |
| 27 | Formula feeds without lactose are available , and your doctor may be able to prescribe one for you for a time , if your baby has had gastroenteritis and continues to have colic or diarrhoea afterwards . |
| 28 | Now , you worked for the erm the tenants ' action group , did n't you for a time ? |
| 29 | I wo n't be in touch with you for a time and I do n't want you starting a panic . ’ |
| 30 | Failure to do so may result in decree being granted against you without a time to pay direction . |