Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hopkins advised against sending reclaimed prostitutes into domestic service because of the danger to middle-class sons : ‘ better a thousand times that this fearful social evil should be localized in certain spots , which we call dens , than by our hasty and injudicious benevolence it should be struck into the very bosom of our families . ’ |
| 2 | She miss you velly much a long time . |
| 3 | He estimated it would take three days a week for nine months or so , but it turned out to be very much a full time job . |
| 4 | If the spider is not to be seen , try tapping the web gently a few times . |
| 5 | At least I do n't mean that — not a good show for you , I know — but frankly when you 've been down a long time it is a good show to see someone from home and get all the news . |
| 6 | We climbed up again and rolled down a second time , Mom sighing and giggling again , again . |
| 7 | And that I think , I feel is one of the loopholes in the Sale of Goods Act , because it does n't lay down a definite time limit . |
| 8 | Loosen the holes slightly by moving arms and legs up and down a few times . |
| 9 | They swing to the top of the backswing and then practise with the left arm bouncing the club up and down a few times so that there is a feeling of taking control of the downswing and the right shoulder not wanting to push . |
| 10 | Perhaps a thousand times more evil . |
| 11 | We have perhaps a little time . |
| 12 | For at about the same time I was approached by the secretary of Edinburgh 's New Club which as a member of Brooks 's Club in London I was entitled to use on a reciprocal basis , and which I did use for lunch perhaps a dozen times a year . |
| 13 | They are oh I do n't ken when but they must you ken obviously a long time ago story . |
| 14 | I , I feel sorry for you , you mis , obviously a second time being in contact with Daniel ! |
| 15 | Apply on stained areas , dry and reapply a few times . |
| 16 | So a hundred times twenty is twenty hundred , a hundred times seven will gives us what ? |
| 17 | " He should have done so a long time ago . |
| 18 | Mother Bernie had said so a long time ago and all Preston 's life 's experiences since then had born it out . |
| 19 | It was feared that wheelchair racers would arrive at roads before they had been closed off , so a fastest time limit of one hour and 50 minutes was set . |
| 20 | So a three times two |
| 21 | Part of the reporting and accountability process is filling in a monthly time sheet which reinforces the emphasis on tasks . |
| 22 | You have only to give in a few times ( out of many when you stick to your planned ignoring ) to lose the battle . |
| 23 | Very often one individual with only a small time commitment can carry out the initial investigation and appraisal aspects of a project , but once the scheme is under way the resource level may have to be increased in order to cater for the client 's time-scale . |
| 24 | Using the time after one has gone to bed can avoid interruptions ; 10–15 minutes per child is only a small time out of the whole day and it needs to be given high priority . |
| 25 | Usually he can spend only a limited time at one session in the tasting room as his work involves so much keen concentration . |
| 26 | Then he remembered the guard back at Wissembourg and knew he had only a limited time to cover his tracks . |
| 27 | At the same time the detailed shape of the boundary is changing ; each bulge and indentation can be identified over only a limited time . |
| 28 | Each such coherent structure is identifiable for only a limited time . |
| 29 | As we look in closer to the centre , we expect the stars to be more closely packed together , and in this central pan of IRS 16 the infrared radiation comes from thousands of ordinary stars packed into a region only a hundred times larger than the Solar System . |
| 30 | I loved him , as much as an alien can entertain love for a being on a green planet where she knows she has only a certain time . |