Example sentences of "two [noun pl] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because I 'm a flibbertigibbet Gemini , unable to settle to any one thing for longer than two minutes at a time , ’ Candy returned comfortably , ‘ whereas you , my darling Rory , are a luxury-loving Leo . ’ |
| 2 | That she 'd lost the ability to concentrate on anything longer than two minutes at a time ? |
| 3 | He 's not sleeping for more than two hours at a time at the moment . |
| 4 | What we 've got for the first time I suspect , since any of you joined this company and you take the experience over there as well , is that the time you spend two days together , and actually find out what it is that makes you go and I do n't suppose that happens often , , dropped you off the boat together for more than two hours at a time . |
| 5 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 6 | This was due to the impossibility of conveying such goods between the two cities at a time when the railways could not cope with grain supplies coming into Saratov . |
| 7 | Mothers and babies are suitable cases for treatment because they tend to stay in one place , there are only two subjects at a time , and their behaviour together is relatively stereotyped and uncomplicated . |
| 8 | The time for service may be extended by two months at a time , before the two months expire , or even afterwards in the court 's discretion ( Ord 43 , r 6(3) applying and modifying Ord 7 , r 20 ) . |
| 9 | He turns to the others and gives the good news : ‘ We going to need two guards at a time , starting now . |
| 10 | He loped upstairs two steps at a time . |
| 11 | Yelling the news to Douglas , who was swording with Sir Walter Comyn , Ramsay dashed through the struggling mass of men back for the stairway , Down he raced , two steps at a time , and out again into the night . |
| 12 | Anna stayed in the paddock , and her only contact with people was when she was chased into a yard and chute for worming and branding , or else had two legs at a time strapped up to facilitate an occasional trimming of her hooves . |
| 13 | So do they go up did they all go along two squares at a time ? |
| 14 | Do these all go up two squares at a time ? |
| 15 | Right you started so you 're going up in hundreds , it 's two squares at a time , but only one hundred for each two squares . |
| 16 | You 're going up two squares at a time and you 're going one two three and it 's usually when you get to around where I tend to do it is erm sort of eight and ten . |
| 17 | Fold back the ear flap , and briskly pull out one or two hairs at a time , in the direction of growth . |
| 18 | They probably have three riders on call in case one goes sick or gets delayed or is already on a job but I 'll bet they never deal with more than two companies at a time . |
| 19 | Rescue teams were quickly reinforced by United States military units operating from bases in the Philippines , the future of which was under discussion between the two countries at the time of the disaster [ see p. 37458 ] . |
| 20 | The SongWright music screen shows only two lines at a time . |
| 21 | So basically what you , you , what you would be likely to do is rip o rip off the system completely for two years at a time |
| 22 | However , the effect did not last for more than two days at a time because Owen 's diet was still too high in white sugar and chemical additives . |
| 23 | The walk can be done all in one go or in sections — for many it might be easier to tackle two days at a time at the weekends . |
| 24 | If I do n't 'ave 'im , I 'll be having 'im for a , you know , two days at a time . |
| 25 | Well , if you 'ave 'im two days at a time , it 's better than nowt at all in n it . |
| 26 | This is n't as sophisticated as the one found in Wordstar — you can only view up to two pages at a time , rather than the ten that WordStar allows . |
| 27 | Schools would deal with one or two topics at a time . |
| 28 | Security forces have to deal with two fronts at a time when the threat of IRA bombings is ever present . |
| 29 | It take two bytes at a time |
| 30 | He went up the companionway ladder to the bridge two rungs at a time . |