Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the beauty and the loving care with which many a smaller city had been built and adorned in the early days of the Greek cities is a vital element in the history of the Greek city , obscurely pointing to a time , not of peace — for in Greece the lion never lay down with the lamb , and neighbouring cities constantly fought each other — but of more equal prosperity . |
| 2 | Quite probably they have failed , or given up trying after a time . |
| 3 | Wallace estimated that Sulawesi was of very ancient origin , possibly even dating from a time before Sumatra , Java and Borneo were raised above the level of the ocean . |
| 4 | ‘ I told him — my husband had a hard job , he was n't working for a time . |
| 5 | So deep was the division on the " entrist tactic " that the unified body reached the compromise of working within the Labour Party for a period and then withdrawing for a time and continuing independent activity . |