Example sentences of "[prep] the time in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In breaking it up , he segregates those disturbing causes , whose wanderings happen to be inconvenient , for the time in a pound called Ceteris Paribus . |
| 2 | He was on the run for forty-three days , sheltering for part of the time in a cornfield , being fed occasionally by sympathetic French farmers , but was hunted down and sent to captivity in Belgium . |
| 3 | Coded messages , huge sums of money , nail-biting coincidences — like the time in a hotel lobby when , accompanied by one of his biggest targets , he bumped into someone he had previously arrested — and genuine humour run through it . |
| 4 | I was still at the time in a relationship with a man I had lived with for four years and was emotionally dependent on , in more ways than one given my immigrant status in this country . |
| 5 | If these depressions ( or low pressure areas ) are tracking in towards Ireland rather than taking a more northerly route , then the circulation of wind flowing clockwise ( as it must ) round the depression means that south-easterly winds will be blowing over Shetland from the North Sea and pushing any birds unfortunate enough to be flying to ( or from ) Scandinavia at the time in a westerly direction . |
| 6 | Arróspide [ see also p. 34182 ] was at the time in a Paris prison awaiting trial for offences committed in France , and his extradition had already been sought for the 1987 supermarket bombing in Barcelona [ for which see p. 35851 ] . |