Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 I thought that once , when I did my first removal because the boss was away , and I went to a house wh and they had more more mirrors in that house than I s ever seen since , and because I was only learning and I had n't been taught I put all the other furniture in and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors till at the end there was so much furniture in there was n't room to put the mirrors on the floor and I had to come back a second time to actually do that because I did n't dare put them anywhere else .
2 These all turned out to be negative and the examining doctor decided to take rectal samples when she returned for her results as he felt she would be unlikely to come back a third time .
3 And secondly , we 'll be able to sort out a reasonable time for getting her home .
4 She resisted the temptation to look back a second time .
5 This is the average number of hours that each worker is willing to supply over a given time period .
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