Example sentences of "and [prep] a time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ahmed Ahmedi was at the airport and for a time no one knew what to do with me . |
| 2 | They looked at her and for a time no one said anything . |
| 3 | The inspiration of Alexander is apparent in the portraits of Pompey , the most powerful Roman of his day , and for a time the effective ruler of the eastern Mediterranean . |
| 4 | The Aridians , locked in their own war for survival against savage Mire Beasts , are in no position to oppose the Daleks and for a time the TARDIS crew are their prisoners . |
| 5 | We left on a windless morning , and for a time the town seemed impossible to shake off . |
| 6 | Here one problem of panels becomes clear : with all the best intentions , panel members may be considered to be specially interested in volunteering for , or accepting an invitation to join , a certain panel , and after a time the panel member can become rather too self-conscious and sophisticated . |
| 7 | They were stopped outside the gate , of course , and after a time the sergeant on guard came out and spoke to them and they began an argument and it got very heated because this sergeant thought that the Americans were like knights of old rescuing a damsel in distress . |