Example sentences of "or [adj] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was about ten or eleven at the time , but I had ‘ known ’ since I was about six . |
| 2 | Mrs Margery Teasdale , of Guisborough , remembers the operas put on by Tippett , even though she was only seven or eight at the time . |
| 3 | Acknowledge just how much you have learned from those experiences which may have appeared difficult or unpleasant at the time . |
| 4 | The 100 consecutive patients were all Tanner stage 1 or 2 at the time of diagnosis . |
| 5 | The term ’ provisional sum ’ is defined as ’ a sum provided for work or for costs which can not be entirely foreseen , defined or detailed at the time the tendering documents are issued ’ . |
| 6 | Or some of the time I 've been sitting there in the bed feeding the baby , you know |
| 7 | ‘ People have been buying the Mirror as a souvenir , snapping up five or six at a time . ’ |
| 8 | The pilgrims went in after him in groups of five or six at a time . |
| 9 | So that was er that was how and I was in I was I was at Well I think I was about nineteen er eighteen or nineteen at the time you know . |
| 10 | What is also significant is that prescriptions for these opioids were often for large amounts — 50 or 100 at a time . |
| 11 | One possibility is to choose two or three at a time , as above , and then go on to a few others . |
| 12 | Consumers who once stuck to favourite brands most or all of the time are now willing to try any item that catches their eye . |
| 13 | NSAID intake was noted as either intermittent or regular at the time of the first endoscopy only . |
| 14 | ‘ We were nine or ten at the time . |
| 15 | So yes your spouse might be getting all your assets , but if you 're going o be seventy five or eighty by the time you 've gone and your spouse is seventy four or seventy nine or whatever , he or she may be a little bit past the running around that 's necessary the actual practicality of it . |
| 16 | ‘ They live in all the other rooms , ten or twelve at a time . ’ |
| 17 | She had never questioned his facts ; he had been ten or twelve at the time and she had confidently assumed that he knew what he was talking about . |
| 18 | That does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy — crimes such as theft , fraud , murder , etc. will never become fashionable — but ‘ social ’ crimes such as publishing indecent or obscene material are dependent on society 's perception of what is or is not indecent or obscene at the time , and the legislation of one period may be inappropriate in another period of time , to the extent that resorting to the courts to deal with the matter may be quite inappropriate and ineffective . |
| 19 | About 20 technicians have made the trip so far , visiting in groups of four or five at a time to learn about the Swiss-made AISA machines they use . |
| 20 | Then one evening — I must have been 12 or 13 at the time — we were driving back from visiting my nan in Kent . |
| 21 | Twenty per cent of them were aged 7 when first abused , 40% were 12 or 13 at the time . |
| 22 | The reason for such a power is that contemporaneous reporting may prejudice either the proceedings in question ( as where the material — although heard in open court — has not been made known to the jury ) or some further proceedings which were pending or imminent at the time . |
| 23 | He went bounding up the stairs , three or four at a time , praying to himself the room had n't been taken over by some amorous couple while he 'd been away , cursing himself for doubting her . |
| 24 | Most of the overwintered hives had survived , with the help of bread soaked in ale every couple of weeks , and now they were unwrapped , one or two at a time in case of a late frost , and set up in sheltered corners . |
| 25 | As I pointed out above , as the newcomers settled into established communities here and there and one or two at a time , many social relations between incomers and Shetlanders were created from the simple neighbourly needs for advice and help with house repairs and so on . |
| 26 | Much of the certifieds ' training is done by correspondence course and , until the final exams that must be passed in one sitting , they are able to tackle the lower stages over a five-year period , taking one or two at a time . |
| 27 | The maltote too thus became a regular impost , though the commons were not prepared to grant it for more than a year or two at a time for fear of losing control over it and to prevent the king from reviving the monopolistic schemes for exploiting the producers which they had struggled against between 1336 and 1351 . |
| 28 | Confine the selection to one or two at a time . |
| 29 | The man had been secretly hiding away tiny portions of phetam , a drop or two at a time , until he had saved up about half-litre . |
| 30 | After I come back to take over the club again , you wo n't be in it for more than a week or two at a time . ’ |