Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a time and " in BNC.

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1 I wo n't be in touch with you for a time and I do n't want you starting a panic . ’
2 ‘ He chose to favour us one at a time and the others were left out in the cold .
3 If anaphors were to be resolved one at a time and left to right , nothing would yet have been done about ‘ him ’ , so the configurational contribution would be missed and reasoning would be inevitable .
4 From the beginning they took on ‘ trainees ’ in evangelism and church planting , first one at a time and then in small groups and now they run a carefully organised evangelistic training programme called Network .
5 Bring them in one at a time and show them a series of articles such as a pot , a plate , a flask and a small stool .
6 The best way to learn these modes is to take them one at a time and examine the construction of each one .
7 The remedy may change , or in acute injuries more than one remedy may be required , but in classical homoeopathy the remedies are administered one at a time and not as a mixture .
8 The Crystal Palace tram terminus was on a gradient and it was ruled that if the crew wanted to take their break there , in the busmen 's canteen round the corner on the Parade , they must go one at a time and not leave the car unattended .
9 London Transport held very strong views in favour of standardization , so when in 1936 , the ex-Croydon cars were due for an annual overhaul and relicensing , they were withdrawn one at a time and replaced by E/1 Class cars between October 1936 and January 1937 .
10 Another good face lifter is to raise the eyebrows up and down swiftly ( no holding ) one at a time and both together .
11 Send it to one at a time and be prepared to wait a good while for a reply .
12 You will have achieved very little if parents sort problems one at a time and keep coming back to you for the same advice for each one .
13 In the following text pages , each step is taken one at a time and ‘ what happened ’ and why is detailed .
14 So do you want to take e each object out one at a time and then put it on the table in the categories so you 've got one pile of bones .
15 Cold setting was carried out by selecting the characters one at a time and placing them in a compositor 's stick .
16 The Head of Department then went through the objectives one at a time and satisfied the Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) and the Director of Studies that , with different emphases , the objectives were all subsumed in the 3 criteria for the assessment of pupils ' work .
17 I just sat there , got them all out one at a time and did the whole damn lot !
18 For this reason , cards should be exchanged one at a time and with some care .
19 Not the clankings and gratings of the Zoo which lay off in the distance to his right , now obscured by the trees over which he had flown in the night , but the call of a thousand birds whose busyness and life shook his fears off him for a time and replaced them with a sense of wonder .
20 Artegall remains with her for a time and restores order :
21 He then provided : ‘ I wish whatever legacies I have left to be paid by you , my dear son , and if any debt shall emerge , if I had borrowed anything for a time and shall owe it , I wish it to be paid by you , so that what I have left your sister may pass to her undiminished . ’
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