Example sentences of "[prep] it [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now Maggie remembered the making of it as a time of rare delight : when all the people of her life came together and did something for her . |
| 2 | But if cheating is necessary , you can commonly get away with it for a time . |
| 3 | There is a real danger in only doing the classical things — you 're OK with it for a time , but then you 're left high and dry when fashion moves on . ’ |
| 4 | He showed particular interest in that subsidence , it 's reasonable to assume that his object was to return to it at a time when there would be no one around to interfere with him . |
| 5 | As Sir Alan Richmond recalls it : ‘ we were very hot on sandwich courses , almost dogmatic about it for a time ’ . |