Example sentences of "[prep] [art] time [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | After a time a small boy emerged from the banana grove carrying a kerosene stove , a teapot , a glass , a home-made seisha and a bag of bread . |
| 32 | After a time a full yellow moon rose above the ridge of the eastern desert . |
| 33 | After a time the goat disappeared , and its place was taken by some hens , and these hens I looked after when , as quite often happened , their mistress went away for a few days . |
| 34 | Some of the demonstrators were denied access to the Diamond by police tenders drawn up across Shipquay Street but after a time the RUC withdrew altogether and the Diamond was filed by the vast crowd . |
| 35 | Here one problem of panels becomes clear : with all the best intentions , panel members may be considered to be specially interested in volunteering for , or accepting an invitation to join , a certain panel , and after a time the panel member can become rather too self-conscious and sophisticated . |
| 36 | After a time the shorter children become submerged and the number under water increases as the ranks go forward . |
| 37 | As it was no longer raining they had not taken shelter in any of the caves , but after a time the thin man out of sheer restlessness looked into the nearest and came out carrying a sack . |
| 38 | After a time the light flash alone will produce a jump : the person has learned the jump behaviour . |
| 39 | The reader begins by being faintly amused at their sheer improbability ; but after a time the response turns into pained embarrassment . |
| 40 | " And after a time , " went on Dandelion , " after a time the grass began to grow thin and the rabbits wandered everywhere , multiplying and eating as they went . |
| 41 | After a time the circuit should settle down to a state in which the usual combinations of inputs to the cell are relatively ineffective , while any unusual combination can still set off a strong response . |
| 42 | After a time the engines slowed and we could hear the wheel turning . |
| 43 | After a time the aunt noticed Conradin 's visits to the shed . |
| 44 | They were stopped outside the gate , of course , and after a time the sergeant on guard came out and spoke to them and they began an argument and it got very heated because this sergeant thought that the Americans were like knights of old rescuing a damsel in distress . |
| 45 | But after a time the book fell from his hand . |
| 46 | After a time the others go off to search for ‘ Smee ’ — but of course they do n't know who they are looking for . |
| 47 | ’ After a time the traffic stopped and the green man shone bright against the sickly pale grey of the noonday sky . |
| 48 | But after a time the right person could tie you down . |
| 49 | Also , there has to be strict rules for visitors ' feeding of the animals and most of the time no feeding of this kind is allowed . |
| 50 | In fact I think there is overwhelming evidence to show that at least some of the time a ouija board can be a device ( like a crystal ball or a pendulum ) for releasing the forces of the subconscious in an irresponsible way , which can cause untold damage to the human personality . ’ |
| 51 | Because of the decisive influence of the time a programme was scheduled , audience size was not a reliable indicator of actual popularity , and both networks researched audience preferences , eventually evolving a joint Audience Appreciation Index . |
| 52 | That reminds me of the time a group of schoolgirls wrote to the newsroom to say they liked to swim off the Gower in the middle of winter . |
| 53 | Wallace does , and a lot of the time a forward can ‘ force ’ a midfield into a certain ball/pass . |
| 54 | The new ruling will keep the 95 per cent rule , but for the remaining 5 per cent of the time a new , tighter standard will be set . |
| 55 | For much of the time the only sounds were the chatter of birds and the humming of my bike 's knobbly tyres , but the wide panoramas changed constantly as the countryside unfolded around me . |
| 56 | Although most of the time the energy not carried by the electron was taken away by an everyday massless neutrino , sometimes it was carried by a neutrino that weighed a comparatively large 17 keV . |
| 57 | For most of the time the ‘ Big Bird ’ preferred to sacrifice the flat-out pace of his team-mates for accuracy and control , taking wickets by making the ball swing and cut , and so in Tests was for some years used as first or second change bowler . |
| 58 | Some of the time the Germans at one end of the stadium were hearing the French translation , while their own language was floating with the wind over the top of the stadium and down to Lake Geneva . |
| 59 | Much of the time the principal performers were not even aware of what we were doing for them . |
| 60 | For most of the time the west coast of South America is bathed in relatively cool waters — around 24°C . |