Example sentences of "[verb] up a [adj] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The carburettor had clogged up a second time in the storm and they had had to wait until it was over . |
| 2 | Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up a fastest time of the day . |
| 3 | A break during the middle of the day and a return to the stables — apart from the question of distance from the field where the work was being done — would have meant unyoking and yoking up a second time for another stint in the afternoon ; and this would have lengthened the day without appreciably lengthening the working time . |
| 4 | There had been windows on the westerly side of the school , but they appeared to have been built up a long time , judging from the appearance of the workmanship on the outside . |
| 5 | Both women had been surprised when he turned up a second time . |
| 6 | Many of us have a special tune or song that conjures up a particular time and place whenever we hear it , or brings back a flood of memories , but we may have no way of celebrating it . |
| 7 | The meeting broke up a short time after , a bewildered Hoskyns leaving more convinced than ever that change would have to be wholesale . |