Example sentences of "[noun] [num] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dhani and Ian broke into a run , taking the high altar steps three at a time . |
| 2 | He scooped up a stone and leaping the steps to the terrace three at a time , he hurled it through the door and dived after it , hitting the living-room floor flat and rolling twice . |
| 3 | The class is then excused and the entries return to the ring one at a time in numerical order to be judged individually . |
| 4 | Variables were entered into or removed from the logistic regression equation one at a time . |
| 5 | They would draw up a ‘ batting order ’ downstairs then go up to her bedroom one at a time for sex . |
| 6 | Can you climb two or three flights of stairs , reasonably fast and taking the steps two at a time , and not end up breathless ? |
| 7 | ‘ Come on ! ’ he cried , pushed past Fand and leapt up the steps two at a time . |
| 8 | He grinned , then spurred himself on , mounting the steps two at a time . |
| 9 | It had been born out of a clandestine meeting in Hong Kong in February 1930 at a time which there were in fact three communist parties in Vietnam . |
| 10 | This would save up to £3 billion at a time when the jobless total is soaring . |
| 11 | Armed with sophisticated sensors to detect subtle chemical and microparticle changes that are known to occur annually , the GISP2 team set out to measure annual layers in the Summit ice core one at a time from the surface to the last glacial period some 18,000 years ago . |
| 12 | They are then invited to try and throw them in a basket one at a time without looking at the value . |
| 13 | I do occasionally move through the range two at a time e.g. 4,6,8 but as often as not that is because I 've economised in not buying all the potencies ! |
| 14 | He took the stairs up to the hallway two at a time , the carpet absorbing almost all of the sound . |
| 15 | In this chapter we shall look at ways of smoothing the edges off the jagged initial appearance of data plotted over time ; we shall look at the observations three at a time , taking seriously the spirit of this somewhat sarcastic remark , to get indications of the trend . |
| 16 | Cover about 1sq m at a time . |
| 17 | By picking off the documents that form the basis of the customer-supplier relationship one at a time , we can understand what we 're doing and become very effective very quickly . ’ |
| 18 | Franco pulled glasses two at a time from the sink and set them on the tiny draining board . |
| 19 | Commissioner Descaves bought up canvases ten at a time , at a hundred francs each . |
| 20 | Then he put his head down , growled and took the last few stairs three at a time . |
| 21 | Siegfried had just begun to take the stairs three at a time when his brother descended from the landing , knotting his tie with perfect composure . |
| 22 | ‘ For Christ 's sake , get out , ’ he muttered , and levering himself out of the chair , he crossed the room in a stride and climbed the open stairs three at a time . |
| 23 | Beat the yolks into the milk sauce one at a time . |
| 24 | Proposals for new projects tended to ‘ bubble up ’ to Cabinet one at a time . |
| 25 | The colour is built up by using heat to lay down coloured wax-based dyes onto the paper one at a time . |
| 26 | When the moment passed , Delaney took the stairs two at a time . |
| 27 | Stephen took the stairs two at a time and threw open the bedroom door to see Tamar , sitting up in the big fourposter bed , nursing their son . |
| 28 | They went into the hall together ; then Joe watched Martin take the stairs two at a time , and the maleness of him , his virility seemed to leave an aroma behind him . |
| 29 | ‘ No breakfast ? ’ she called when she saw him striding up the stairs two at a time . |
| 30 | McGee , who had come downstairs to test the quality of the sherry while Mrs Quickly , the plumper of the two cooks , stood at the back door fervently pulling on a cigarette , leaped to his feet , pulled at his black tie and took the back stairs two at a time . |