Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the orbital period is plotted as a function of time it shows a steady decrease : . |
| 2 | Mr Chairman this little job will save a bit of time I think we 've had er an amendment set by the , the Labour group for work demands through requests er , we want er support er what Simon what Simon is making here so we er we 're making here so we erm small |
| 3 | Yes er and of course i if er rather like it seems as happened last week , if he seems to have got a bit of time he seems to need to have to extend it |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd rather you risk your neck than me , but if it 's a question of time you 're justified ; it would take you two good hours and more to work your way about . ’ |
| 5 | Erm again it 's a question of time I 'm sure they would have been probably reasonably er adequate . |
| 6 | a point in time we have to hope to find |
| 7 | Over a period of time they will all be ill . |
| 8 | These relationships assume great importance and for a period of time they are probably the most significant ones we have . |
| 9 | Now that idea was to get everybody together and erm because there have been certain members of the staff which have n't been looked at for a period of time they 've escaped the net as it were in the last couple of times and it seems that we 've had the same guys for the last three years and some have erm |
| 10 | Do they see erm , if , if they migrate to the city in the urban areas then they realize they wo n't get a job , and have a job straight away , er well paying job but by actually living in the area they would and taking in at a job and they get a lot of contacts and then eventually after a period of time they job . |
| 11 | Did n't , did n't they mean that as in a period of time they 'd been stuck in the Ark . |
| 12 | After a period of time we will then ask local groups to provide this information . |
| 13 | The position therefore is you do n't look at residential care , erm , yes , over a period of time we could raise the requirements or the need levels that allow people access to residential care . |
| 14 | Where the parties have done business together regularly over a period of time it may be possible to establish that the terms are incorporated by a course of dealing . |
| 15 | Over a period of time she was seen by a number of psychotherapists and psychologists who adopted differing approaches to her varied problems . |
| 16 | After a period of time you 'll feel that things have improved a bit in that area ( we hope ! ) , so flick through the book again and start trying to work at another area . |
| 17 | Once you have established the rule of taking a membership count each year , after a period of time you will be able to represent these figures on a graph to compare one year with another . |
| 18 | Over a period of time you will get acquainted with journalists outside London because you will have assignments with them on their own patch or you may drop into see them when visiting the area of business . |
| 19 | You can work out that over a period of time you would have somewhere in the region of fifteen assignments during the year guaranteed . |
| 20 | Erm yeah well there we are I mean I I you 're just talking to somebody who 's converted really Mark I mean I think it 's a waste of time it 's er it 's a sort of pagan festival |
| 21 | And Pa Pat I do n't think I do n't hold out any hope at all that people will pay any attention they will go they 'll see a little puppy somewhere they 'll say , Oh that 's lovely we 'll buy that for Tommy er , and then Tommy will abuse it totally and er they 'll say , Well the dog was a a waste of time it did n't work properly and er did n't know how to er how to look after itself . |
| 22 | But what a waste of time it is . |
| 23 | it was a waste of time it was a waste of a journey for Philip and it was too much for him |
| 24 | it is a waste of time he , he said its a big con , so that 's how they work it now |
| 25 | Well , they 're doing well there , it 's all a waste of time I mean |
| 26 | But really it 's a waste of time you know |
| 27 | I know you do Chair , you know what you 're doing but I 'm saying it 's a waste of time us having to move one . |
| 28 | When Phillips scored the third goal for Norwich a minute before time it was the twelfth that Clough 's side have conceded . |
| 29 | Erm er just made an observation about er experience in hospital with children and apparently when kids have been in hospital for a length of time they do n't object so much when you go along and stick a the |
| 30 | Oh , that 's called a howler , that 's a howler , if you leave your handset off the hook for more than a minute , 25 seconds , or is it 60 I ca n't remember , for a length of time you get the howler . |