Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , hold on for a time , I 'll be with you in a minute . |
| 2 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 3 | Press restrictions were imposed ( but quickly lifted ) and the weekly current affairs magazine Caretas was closed down for a time , commentators thereby inferring that the chief target of the coup was APRA . |
| 4 | However , such systems tend to settle down after a time ; as long as the feedback process is not in full swing , we can often assume that the net effect has balanced out in one direction or the other . |
| 5 | Twenty five minutes behind Pat at the finishing line was Personnel Training Adviser who came in with a time of three hours 40 minutes . |
| 6 | Right at the end , as McLeish 's teeth were starting to chatter , Davidson confirmed that Penelope Huntley would meet him at eight next morning and he hoped that that was n't too early , sorry , but the lass had been difficult to tie down to a time . |
| 7 | And since an expensive loaf caused havoc in St Jude 's and trouble in everybody 's weaving sheds , with demands for higher wages keeping profits down at a time when trade was far from good — when it would probably never rise again to the level of those early , heady days when the machines first came in — then Ben Braithwaite and his dinner guests had reason for their anxiety . |
| 8 | Four members of the press were allowed in at a time . |
| 9 | Paradoxically , ‘ people 's capitalism ’ has been ushered in at a time when the long-term trend towards a greater equality in wealth may have been reversed , and in a manner that has firmly excluded the poorest from acquiring capital assets themselves . |
| 10 | And they 'd let so many in at a time . |
| 11 | They 've seen language labs , which are great , more or less mould away for lack of resources to keep them in working order , and they see micros coming in at a time when everything else is being cut . |
| 12 | There are indications that the mill was turned over for a time for saw milling , and possibly even cider production . |
| 13 | If the new system does offer real advantages then peer-group pressure might take over after a time and accelerate the change-over . |
| 14 | He takes over at a time when latest figures show Gloucestershire with the fasting rising crime rate in the country . |
| 15 | Mr Clerides takes over at a time when the international community is showing impatience with lack of progress towards a Cyprus settlement . |
| 16 | It 's known as the Vadinamian Valve , and it 's big enough for only one ship to pass through at a time . |
| 17 | Erm I think it 's also now pretty much common ground that the capacity of York city is around three thousand three hundred , but I think in in in taking an view on that , and in taking any view o on future windfalls , it is necessary for the panel to keep in mind that historically in the nineteen eighties windfalls were coming through at a time when it was not a adopted local plan for the city of York , so to some extent anything by definition of a substantial size was likely to be a windfall , erm , but also more to the point than that definitional point , I would expect to see , and I think what Mr Curtis has said earlier on that the local plan is likely to tighten up on criteria for release of sites , both small and large , he referred to the shortage of open space , and I would expect to see a policy change in short , a policy climate change , within the city of York that would constrain past historical rates of windfall release . |
| 18 | She would make the poet 's lunch , starting with the radio playing but switching it off after a time because he believed that people should be able to do without background noise . |
| 19 | ‘ I dare say the novelty must wear off after a time . ’ |
| 20 | So in the presence of a sustained stimulus , here , which is lasting around two milliseconds , the channels are switching off with a time constant of what around half a millisecond . |
| 21 | What I did n't want to do at times was to overload , I wanted to start off with a time limit as we mean to go on and spread it out through the year and so I have put the important things which are to do with the quality system like internal quality audit erm , non- conformances , the corrective action , training and all stuff like that with an audit before and then things like contract print erm , I do n't think we are going to have any problems with I put those for after . |
| 22 | I have n't taken more than a week off at a time and I need some rest . ’ |
| 23 | Bernard remembers Changi Jail as being a very austere place where a 24-hour guard duty would involve four hours on and four hours off at a time . |
| 24 | Proper planning was held up for a time until the route of the M4 was decided , as an early outline brought it through Harpsden and over Peppard . |
| 25 | Set the temperature to a degree or two higher than that of the maintenance tank and place the female in this set up for a time to associate herself with the layout and hiding places . |
| 26 | The arrival of the Italian soldiers was held up for a time while the Italian government bargained for an Italian to command the UN forces ( the commander is , as it happens , a Brazilian ) . |
| 27 | Some exciting advice — relayed by Andrew from a knowing uncle in the City — had jacked it up for a time , before an even bigger hole was left gaping by the failure of that magical investment . |
| 28 | That light rain will soon clear away tomorrow morning and it 'll brighten up for a time . |
| 29 | It all adds up to a time consuming and often costly exercise . |
| 30 | Mm yes but we 're coming up to a time when er the quantity of old people is going to be rather high than before because we 're all healthier . |