Example sentences of "of [pron] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Different theoretical traditions , it is sometimes claimed , belong to ‘ incommensurable paradigms ’ ( Kuhn , 1962 ) ; one can work within only one of them at a time . |
| 2 | It took all three of them to lift him out of the reeking waterlogged shelter through an opening just big enough for one of them at a time . |
| 3 | When you have some children who find it very difficult to work with others , one solution might be to work with much smaller groups , maybe even just a couple of them at a time for five minutes or so . |
| 4 | You act on one of them at a time , and then decide which , if any , is going to be most productive . |
| 5 | He received honours from Italy , Serbia , Montenegro , and the republic of San Marino , of which for a time he was consul in London . |
| 6 | She had removed the brushes , but , both at once , instead of one at a time . |
| 7 | Think of one at a time . |
| 8 | But the man at the front had n't been told this of course , naturally enough and he could n't see that so suddenly with a jolt the wardrobe left him , two steps ' worth instead of one at a time . |
| 9 | 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 . |