Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 He checked his watch ; fifty-five minutes from the time he had replaced the phone in Mr Patel 's fruit store .
2 It 's best to try to memorise all this in small sections — say , six to eight notes at a time — until you can play each complete scale pattern ascending and descending in thirds in time with a metronome .
3 Ministers could borrow up to fifty books at a time .
4 If you take our recommended holiday insurance with the Eagle Star group and your baggage is not delivered within 12 hours from the time of arrival at your holiday destination due to delay or misdirection in delivery , you are covered up to £100 for essential purchases .
5 In the event of the Insured Person being deprived of baggage for at least 12 hours from the time of arrival at holiday destination due to delay or misdirection in delivery , the Norwich Union will pay to the Insured Person an amount of up to £75 for emergency purchase of essential items of clothing and requisites subject to certification of such delay , misdirection and expenditure by the HCI Representative .
6 The engine was recorded as having a total time of 302.30 hours at the time of the accident .
7 Steven Osbourne , 30 , used three lines nearly every day for six months — sometimes for 22 hours at a time — to ring the Wheel of Fortune .
8 But the weather deteriorated and the wind increased to around 30 miles-per-hour by the time Jack was out and shot a 76 , giving us a three-stroke advantage over the Bear .
9 This means that your monthly payments are the same for 12 months at a time , unlike the standard variable rate , which goes up and down as base rates change .
10 In four patients abdominal pain , controlled by analgesics , persisted until death at 2 , 2 , 8 , and 12 months from the time of diagnosis .
11 In other words to break his deemed domicile a person leaving the United Kingdom must be outside of the United Kingdom for three years counting three lots of 12 months from the time he left the United Kingdom .
12 Despite that , I managed to speak 322 words in the time left to me by Labour Members and Ministers .
13 Sarah said that the Carmen Curls were quick and effective to use , ‘ although I would prefer to use more than 12 rollers at a time ’ .
14 Children under 2 years at the time of the return journey travel for just £15 on all flights .
15 Children aged under 2 years at the time of departure are covered free of charge , provided all other persons on the Booking Form are insured under this scheme .
16 When payment is received the supplier should usually then issue a tax invoice within 30 days of the time of supply if the client is a taxable person ( reg 12(1) and ( 5 ) ) .
17 As Mr Jones points out , losing a student for 12 weeks at a time is extremely disruptive to a small office and costly to the practice .
18 More functions with prof shaping ( model 2 pieces at a time )
19 Teams of 12 firefighters at a time enter the building in a bid to reach the source of the fire .
20 Kanof et al reported a decrease in height velocity in 88% of Tanner 1 or 2 patients at the time of diagnosis and before treatment .
21 Light goes maybe 30 metres in the time it takes sound to travel the 0.2mm thickness of the emulsion .
22 Hartlepool schoolgirl Sarah Gascoigne , who missed the county championships when she was on a family holiday in America , was five seconds outside the qualifying time in the junior girls ' 800 metres with a time of 2:25.0 but she cleared 1.50 metres as a guest in the high jump , four centimetres inside the English Schools qualifying height .
23 A fleet of 50,000 tons at the time of Drake had become a grander fleet of 200,000 tons a century later when Samuel Pepys was " clerk of the king 's ships " .
24 Fry 5–6 skins at a time , for 1–2 mins , and drain on absorbent kitchen paper before serving .
25 The ‘ starlab2 will boost limited resources for studying astronomy and will be able to accommodate 30 pupils at a time .
26 It had a strength of forty men at the time of the shooting and carried out surveillance work in areas where uniformed trooPs could not move freely .
27 ‘ If such an experiment were successful , I would n't care to be within thirty or forty miles at the time . ’
28 That is also when you hear stories of doubting runners who have not covered more than 12 miles at a time in training suddenly attempting a 20-miler four days before the actual marathon , just to see if they can get that far !
29 - People start using the curious phrase ‘ Indian Summer ’ if the sun stays out for more than 10 minutes at a time .
30 Most men take less than six minutes from the time of entry to the time they ejaculate .
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