Example sentences of "and [adv] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was March — it was cold , windy , and altogether an unpleasant time of the year to have to sit in a car for long periods observing people 's activities , and how they lived their lives . |
| 2 | Modigliani worked on the painting , an unusually long time for him and perhaps the only time when he agreed to ‘ continue ’ a painting . |
| 3 | This is the first and perhaps the last time that I shall desire it . |
| 4 | My co-author and friend Professor A. R. Collar , C.B.E. , LL.D. , F.R.S. , Emeritus Professor of Aeronautical Engineering in the University of Bristol , distinguished aeronautical scientist and former Vice-Chancellor of that University , died at his home in Bristol on 12th February 1986 , just ten days before his 78th birthday , and only a short time before our book was published . |
| 5 | It is only the fifth time in the post-war history of the tournament that this has happened , and only the third time there has been a First Division v Second Division clash in each semi-final . |
| 6 | No violence , and a good understanding of the crowd , and thus a good time was had by all . |
| 7 | No violence , and a good understanding of the crowd , and thus a good time was had by all . |
| 8 | And believe me , being young , say between 18 and 30 , is far and away the best time to travel . |
| 9 | The majority of women , however , will probably have left parents and home a long time before , and spent many of their subsequent years caring for children and a partner , running the home and having a job too . |
| 10 | As you will appreciate , the best and possibly the only time to carry out such projects is the spring/ early summer period , partly because of the weather , partly because volunteers tend not to be available in the summer . |
| 11 | As expected , having had both a spell of registered unemployment in the last 12 months and also no full time job in the last 12 months contributes adversely to the individual 's chances of obtaining an offer . |
| 12 | Moving the iron back and forwards the whole time . |
| 13 | And then a third time . |
| 14 | and then the second time she had it done |
| 15 | We got bread , no we got bread and then the only time we got chips was in the middle of the week . |
| 16 | And then he talked to his family , and then the third time I asked him again , and he still said it was okay , and so we did it . |
| 17 | And then the next time I 'll probably give you some intervals and ask you what they are . |
| 18 | Not doubling it , not trebling it , but to improve it by something like five or ten percent , and then the next time we go to a sales conference , you 'll be the ones winning the prizes , instead of the people who 've to be winning the prizes , because you 'll not have to improve it by much to win the prizes do you ? |
| 19 | And then the next time , a few years later he 'd got it back |
| 20 | Sole , however , was critical of the extensive travelling which the itinerary imposed on the Scots , with a four-hour flight between the first and second venues , Darwin and Brisbane , and then the same time on to Hobart … from one extreme to the other in less than a week . |
| 21 | And then the last time ; that had turned out to be a walk on the wild side . |
| 22 | For the first and almost the only time in the Second World War , there was what can fairly be described as a generally pervading popular ‘ war mood ’ , disdaining any premature and presumed over-generous peace with Britain , and even somewhat disappointed with Hitler 's new and ‘ final ’ peace offer of 19 July , aimed at assuaging world opinion . |
| 23 | And sadly the first time he flew without me he perished , leaving Bob Pointer and myself wondering why events in our puny lives are so ordained and arranged as to inflict the maximum hurt at a time like that . |