Example sentences of "[noun pl] [num] [prep] [art] 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 | Can you climb two or three flights of stairs , reasonably fast and taking the steps two at a time , and not end up breathless ? |
| 3 | ‘ Come on ! ’ he cried , pushed past Fand and leapt up the steps two at a time . |
| 4 | He grinned , then spurred himself on , mounting the steps two at a time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Franco pulled glasses two at a time from the sink and set them on the tiny draining board . |
| 7 | Commissioner Descaves bought up canvases ten at a time , at a hundred francs each . |
| 8 | Then he put his head down , growled and took the last few stairs three at a time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | When the moment passed , Delaney took the stairs two at a time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ No breakfast ? ’ she called when she saw him striding up the stairs two at a time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Lucenzo detached himself from the crowd and ran up the stairs two at a time , seeing that she 'd frozen . |
| 17 | This time he did n't open the door for her , and she had difficulty keeping up as he took the front stairs two at a time . |
| 18 | She slammed the coffee-mug on to the table , put her hand to her mouth and rushed out of the room , taking the stairs two at a time . |
| 19 | Next moment , he was racing up the stairs two at a time , and Theda was stumbling along the gallery to meet him , clinging to the railing for support . |
| 20 | He gave her a grin and took the stairs two at a time . |
| 21 | He descended the stairs two at a time , and before she 'd managed to catch her breath she was deposited on the settee in the living-room and Michele was sitting beside her . |
| 22 | She managed to walk with a reasonable degree of grace and dignity till she reached the back door , then scuttled inside as though her very life depended on it , taking the back stairs two at a time as she rushed to the bedroom to find a robe . |
| 23 | The sound of his low mocking laughter followed her as she took the stairs two at a time , desperate to be away from his gaze , all too aware that a scarlet flush had enveloped her entire body — aware too that the heat he had generated in her had n't only been embarrassment . |
| 24 | We all got locked in our rooms afterwards and allowed out for meals three at a time . |
| 25 | Suppose we expect the relation ( 1 ) to be unc and suppose further that we have the following experimental table : unc Then in view of ( 5 ) our equations for solutions may be written unc Before we proceed to the least squares solution , let us see what results would be obtained if we solved these equations three at a time , with e taken to be zero for each set of three . |