Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | There would n't be an I R A only for internment the last time . |
2 | The 23 prospective presidential candidates who had contested the discredited primaries would not be allowed to run for president the next time , and all were banned from political activity for the remainder of the transitional period . |
3 | ‘ Just for once , for p'raps the only time in your life , take a bit of advice from your elders and betters . ’ |
4 | During practice the best time logged was twenty minutes . |
5 | This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown . |
6 | It is by no means the first time that there has been unacceptable , totally unsporting behaviour along such lines in that part of the world . |
7 | ‘ Faber would not be for sale even at the right price , ’ commented Matthew Evans a touch wearily — this being by no means the first time he has had to deny such rumours . |
8 | She was n't risking that kind of insanity a second time . |
9 | Of course the more time available the better . |
10 | In 1976 , despite coverage a hundred times greater than can be achieved by conventional flash photography ( which is limited by back scatter ) , no results were achieved in three months of work . |
11 | I fell madly in love with this area of Scotland the first time I set eyes on it , and subsequently crawled all over it for years , marvelling at how many caves Bonnie Prince Charlie managed to occupy in his escape from the Redcoats . |
12 | He was from and he 'd been out of work a long time . |
13 | Husameddin is even more specific , writing that Molla Fenari was , on his return , given his old professorship and [ then ( ? ) ] made kadi of Bursa a second time when Molla Yegan Mehmed Celebi ( Molla Yegan ) retired from the post in 818/1415–16 . |
14 | Cooped up in the house like that — stinks of babies the whole time . |
15 | In the early history of Rome the only times recognized in the daylight period were sunrise , midday , and sunset . |
16 | Nick , do you remember what I told you about Oliver a long time ago ? |
17 | Peter Shillinglaw , secretary of New Brighton Lifeboat which had to go into action a few times , said : ‘ I can not help but think the organisers of this race have been very , very lucky over the years . ’ |
18 | It even took us into Cambridge a few times , but that was pushing it a bit — and once or twice we really had to . |
19 | Of course , Dorcas thought , as a scientist and rational thinking nome I know we were n't really intended to live under floorboards the whole time . |
20 | My friend Kevin , muscleman and minicab driver , says the lads would be out rioting for Willy now if it was n't tipping down with rain the whole time . |
21 | Yeah , I went out with Shelley , with Warren a few times read read yeah ? |
22 | He looked at her doubtfully , as troubled at leaving her with the distressed child as Edna had been at leaving Liza with Celia a short time before . |
23 | With CMAC the waiting time is n't that long either . ’ |
24 | He was diverted during coffee by a thumb nail sketch of that fruitless expedition , but by the time the sommelier had visited the table with Cognac a second time , he was back to the great danger of ennui in the BEF , and 2nd Grenadiers ’ seven months in France spent cultivating a defensive mentality which could well be disastrous if hostilities ever broke out . |
25 | At that , I was silent with mistrust a long time . |
26 | ‘ I have worked with Paul a few times . |
27 | The look on Martin Bean 's face stayed with Nick a long time . |
28 | Then he said quickly , for the first time sounding awkward , " You have been with Jasper a long time , have n't you ? " |
29 | If for example the full time officers er negotiated with you know , for a district rate , erm Brothers and , and , and er er or whoever would concede that district rate . |
30 | In addition a coarser time scale of LDO occurrence exists ( Fig. 1 ) which may be related to intervals of major global ocean-atmosphere reorganization . |