Example sentences of "a [noun] at a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It simply means thinking a little about your diet and daily routine , and improving it a bit at a time . |
| 2 | The secret is not to get too greedy and try to knock off large pieces : aim to knock out the back of the tile at the corner , which weakens the front , and then gently hammer the front , a bit at a time . |
| 3 | got to break it down into little steps and do a bit at a time |
| 4 | Instead of doing it a bit at a time , we can just multiply it . |
| 5 | I , yeah , I drove up , up there and back , like , my leg do n't ache , they ached a bit at a time , but that , you know that bone you get , each side of your keep your thumb there , you 've got that bone , underneath there 's a bone there , you might , or the bottom bone that you 'll sit on , you know when you sit still you get that bone . |
| 6 | Have to do a bit at a time . |
| 7 | I think they eat more if they can just help themselves a bit at a time when they want it . |
| 8 | What I 'll do , I 'll pass you the box and then you can take them out a bit at a time cos I 've sorted them . |
| 9 | No , you pull it out a bit at a time , not just |
| 10 | And they go down at a bit at a time or it 'll go all the way down . |
| 11 | To actually go through it a bit at a time I mean the majority of it is fine |
| 12 | Opening a brewery at a time when Britain 's drinkers are supping less beer than they used to might not seem like a good idea . |
| 13 | Repeat Step 6 and continue , a strip at a time , all the way up the forehead until you reach the hairline ( see Fig. 13 ) . |
| 14 | Repeat a little lower down , a strip at a time , until you reach the edge of the cheekbone . |
| 15 | If I can use erm an analogy of my own rather than of his , to produce erm a detailed adaptation of an organism to a specific way of life , if only large steps , large mutational changes were possible , would be a little like trying a surgeon trying to remove erm an appendix with a scalpel mounted on some kind of trolley clamp with the rule that he could n't move it less than a foot at a time . |
| 16 | This guy who lives round the corner had just come out and he 'd started up in business again and he was laying it on me a gram at a time and I was doing it out in bags . |
| 17 | Furthermore all heavy trucks and a growing number of vans are diesel-powered , so such a move would have the additional benefit of giving the road transport industry a boost at a time of recession . |
| 18 | We prefer to convert customers a piece at a time . |
| 19 | That invariably meant sectioning the warren off and working it a piece at a time . |
| 20 | But toppling Foreman will start a bandwagon at a time when , with one exception , the heavyweight division is bereft of talent and ability . |
| 21 | But toppling Foreman will start a bandwagon at a time when , with one exception , the heavyweight division is bereft of talent and ability . |
| 22 | I came to the braided reaches of the river where it swung out over the sands , and adjusted my steps so that I cleared all the channels easily and cleanly , a leap at a time . |
| 23 | What am I doing , tangling myself up with a girl at a time like this ? |
| 24 | Mrs Goreng , I think , guessed at this hunger of mine , but would tantalise , only dropping the knowledge a fragment at a time , like mother bird stuffing nourishment down the throat of fledgling . |
| 25 | ‘ The biggest mistake caterers make is to put too many chips in a basket at a time . |
| 26 | Tap Right with the Scroll Lock ON to scroll right 1/3 Of a window at a time |
| 27 | Tap Left with the Scroll Lock ON to scroll left 1/3 Of a window at a time |
| 28 | Mr Rothenburg said : ‘ The Olympics were played without a hitch at a time of increasingly intense international situations . ’ |
| 29 | Where the court extends a period at a time when that period has expired and a warrant has been issued , the court is to suspend the warrant for the extended period ; if before the expiration of the extended period the lessee pays into court ( sic ) all the rent arrears and all the costs , the court shall cancel the warrant ( s 138(9) ) . |
| 30 | She turned a key four times a day — a quarter of a millimetre at a time . |