Example sentences of "but [adv] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not , sit down and have a chat with your child ; but not at a time when feelings are running high . |
| 2 | But once upon a time the ad pages of NME throbbed with the heady thrills of Loon pants ! |
| 3 | But even at a time when the church is under financial pressure , Father Robert Sweeney does n't think they 're being over extravagant . |
| 4 | On the first occasion something will go well , but maybe after a time you will see that it was not right . |
| 5 | For example : You see like , the parents who come over from the West Indies , they try and teach their children this attitude " you 're English , you was born here , so you must talk the right and proper way , so you must n't talk like that " , but then after a time , as you get older , they do n't really worry about it too much . |