Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] time the " in BNC.
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1 | After a certain time the very sight of the food allowed becomes off-putting and even repellent . |
2 | After a long time the boy crossed the road and said to Oliver , |
3 | After a long time the computer said slowly , ‘ Computer is old . ’ |
4 | After a long time the man came in and said , ‘ Mr Evans , please . ’ |
5 | After a long time the tears stopped . |
6 | After a short time the Duke of Grafton sold them the Rope Walk , a building where the old village craft had been carried out and where Ted Smith 's coach garage is now , and so they moved . |
7 | However , I did find that after a short time the material began to pill quite badly around the cuffs and down the front . |
8 | In the course of a short time the farmer was sufficiently restored to relate his own story , as already recited , and in gratitude for his miraculous escape ordered a silver collar to be made for his friendly protector , as a perpetual remembrance of the transaction . |
9 | For a limited time the Abbey National is offering 8.65 per cent — 9.4 per cent APR — fixed until the year 2000 . |
10 | Resentful at Alexander and fearful that the King might beget am heir by his new queen and so lose for a second time the opportunity to advance the claims of his own house ? |
11 | For a long time the dominant view in anthropology was that the State was a beneficial institution . |
12 | For a long time the building was attributed to Inigo Jones , something people much enjoy doing . |
13 | For a long time the only way in which a truly selfless behaviour could arise seemed to be through a differential advantage accruing to groups of individuals that showed sacrifice in relation to their companions to a degree greater than in other groups . |
14 | He loved life , and for a long time the force was with him . |
15 | For a long time the peat has been used as fuel by the more isolated farmers , or crofters , in the north-west . |
16 | For a long time the sound of the men chopping wood stayed with us . |
17 | For a long time the lords of the manor of Thornholme were the St Quintins of Harpham , an early St Quintin having married into the de Stuteville family . |
18 | Wordsworth continues to watch , but for a long time the figure refuses to move . |
19 | For a long time the Drus were passed off as a mere shoulder of the greater Aiguille Verte . |
20 | Yet for a long time the Cult of Pleasure was respectable and none connected it with the hidden worship of Chaos . |
21 | For a long time the type remained quite insignificant , but in recent years the increasing attention has added many new varieties , and a few miniature standards are also now available . |
22 | For a long time the professionals had a preference for a pruning knife over secateurs . |
23 | Probably the original intention was merely to contrast the procedure with that of a public inquiry ( where , of course , the inquiry is in full view of the public ) but for a long time the bogy of officials beavering away in private and then producing a report which damned some poor individual or organisation , without those officials being in any way accountable , was viewed with grave suspicion . |
24 | Eventually , the bloody turf wars ceased , and for a long time the authorities either winked at their illegal trade or even helped themselves to the till . |
25 | Signora Silvana Ciammarughi , the owner and creator of this unique establishment , nursed for a long time the dream of acquiring some old house of character , converting it and running it as a hotel . |
26 | It was , for a long time the only cultural input into my life . |
27 | For a long time the hardware available for handwriting recognition was such that the input would take place on a graphics tablet , while the visual feedback appeared on a monitor screen . |
28 | In the modern Hebrew Bible all numbers are written out in full , but for a long time the text was written without vowels . |
29 | ‘ For a long time the courts have , without objection from Parliament , supplemented procedure laid down in legislation where they have found that to be necessary for this purpose . |
30 | ‘ For a long time the courts have , without objection from Parliament , supplemented procedure laid down in legislation where they have found that to be necessary for this purpose . |