Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] time at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Realising that rowing was n't viable long-term , he soon became interested in karate and after a short time at the university club looked further afield for tutoring . |
| 2 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 3 | This served with 28 Squadron under 5 Wing and was later stored for a long time at 15 Air Depot at Snake Valley , adjacent to Swartkop before going to serve with the MEFS at Bloemspruit . |
| 4 | Llanelli and Neath put on a show as good as anything seen for a long time at club level . |
| 5 | On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home . |
| 6 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 7 | We won for a third time at Zandvoort , the first grand prix of the season : apart from the prize money , that moved us up a scale on the start money and suddenly I could see our way through the rest of the season . |
| 8 | When Lyall left Upton Park , McGiven served for a short time at Chelsea as youth coach before reforming a partnership in Suffolk . |
| 9 | In addition , your schedule could be upset if you only intended to break your journey for a short time at a particular spot . |
| 10 | In a festival , where the usual rules do not apply , there is a feeling of release , for the ego can more easily coincide with the ego ideal , for a short time at least . |
| 11 | Where fleece is used to advance and protect the growth of crops requiring a pollination period it will be necessary to uncover the plants for a short time at the flowering stage after which the fleece can then be left on until harvesting to keep out birds , small animals and other pests that might damage the fruit . |
| 12 | For a short time at least families became relatively less isolated . |
| 13 | For a short time at least you should be able to trace some of his life and it is all there in the Dordogne . |
| 14 | He looked for a last time at Lucille . |
| 15 | It is obviously more difficult to set aside time for meal planning if you happen to be going through a heavy time at work . |
| 16 | Josh Gifford 's gelding won the H & T Walker Gold Cup in a fast time at Ascot recently , and remains well treated despite being 2lb out of the handicap . |
| 17 | The progressive Dreamers Delight touched off the useful Texan Tycoon in a fast time at Newbury two weeks ago and deserves the greatest respect , but I prefer SATIN LOVER . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're in a quiet time at the moment , Leon . |
| 19 | They decided to take it on board , and as part of their culture change , they will not have people working beyond a certain time at night . |
| 20 | These begin from an appreciation of the complementary nature of data arriving through the different sensory channels and expand by the acquisition of concepts such as the continuity of the physical world , e.g. a person who walks behind a screen has not vanished , it is accepted that he is still there even though temporarily there is no sense data to confirm it , but a hypothesis will be generated which supposes that , if he walked behind a screen at a constant speed , he ought to reappear at a given time at the other side of the screen . |