Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saxton Bampfylde represents a more recent example of a breakaway this time from John Stork — suggesting that there is still scope for start-ups in headhunting . |
| 2 | . NO CHANCE OF A COVER-UP THIS TIME |
| 3 | Currently the United States does not have a droit de suite , a law that mandates that artists receive a percentage of the price of a work each time it changes hands . |
| 4 | ‘ There could not have been much of a selection this time , then . |
| 5 | I now have a hell of a lot more time for people but at the same time I do n't seem to tolerate fools as well as I used to . |
| 6 | In the case where a lift was placed at each end of a summit , and where the traffic was through the summit , there would be no loss or gain of water by the use of the lift other than the loss of 1/100 of a lock each time either lift passed up and down . |
| 7 | Dong , sensing his brother 's fear , reached quietly behind him in the darkness with his free hand until his fingers brushed against the face of the malaria victim ; the clammy flesh , already growing cold , was slippery with rain and the sweat of the fatal climatic fever , and in the moment that his hand recoiled from the contact Dong knew that they would not be able to avoid the horror of a burial this time . |
| 8 | There were no signs of a search this time . |
| 9 | I suppose what I 'm really saying is that we should stop for a second each time we leap to elevate some young lad or lass to godlike status for a fifteen second guitar solo , and think about Paul McCartney penning Yesterday at age 23 . |
| 10 | The idea of him telling a stranger anything in confidence would also be good for a chuckle any time but now . |
| 11 | ‘ At the rate he 's working up he 's heading straight for a crisis some time today . ’ |
| 12 | He thought for a moment that time had been operated on . |
| 13 | This fact is known to managers and should therefore not come as a surprise each time it arises . |
| 14 | ‘ We made two basic errors and paid with a goal each time , and I 'm not happy about that . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ She did n't do that , but I 'm sure that with a bit more time she would have . |
| 16 | Cases were sometimes adjourned repeatedly , with a review each time the child reappeared in court . |
| 17 | He admitted last night : ‘ We will do well to come away with a point this time . |
| 18 | She awoke with a jerk some time later , and lay staring blankly around her , for a few seconds quite unable to get her bearings . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I 'm not in a scrape this time , so stop fussing . ’ |
| 20 | Why you 're doing this Christmas , it may be my last , John said what do you mean , I said well , I do n't know if I 'm going to be in a classroom this time next year , I mean , I really enjoy Christmas with the children , fifteen years since I 've done it , I 've forgotten how I enjoyed myself . |
| 21 | So I put it in a rock this time and it was so funny though . |
| 22 | An ally is a nation which you beat fair and square in a war some time ago and which is now on your side . |
| 23 | No he says I could do it in a lot less time than that , he said and a lot neater , I said , you saying I 'm a scruffy writer ? |
| 24 | ‘ A good brisk walk is equivalent to a jog any time ’ ) ; that when a lightly built eight-stone person runs around on a hard surface , his/her knees suffer a momentary weight equivalent to three-quarters of a ton with each step he/she takes ; that dieting and exercises together can cause hormonal imbalances , infertility and period loss in women ; that the death rate of stressed , worried , prejudiced-against-smoking non-smokers can be three times as high as that of relaxed smokers . |
| 25 | When a proton and deuterium fuse they also give helium-3 , accompanied not by a neutron this time but by radiant energy , a gamma ray . |
| 26 | They had raised themselves but still remained crouched , and were moving slowly by the hedge towards the tree , when once again Martin 's attention was brought round to the strip of woodland , not by a noise this time , but by a strange feeling of impending danger . |
| 27 | ‘ And that dog that was gored by a boar this time last year . ’ |