Example sentences of "time [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took all the courage he had to thrust his head and shoulders into the mouth of that entrance , but he closed his eyes and twisted and turned and after a time tumbled out into a great stone chamber , lit with a soft light of its own that dimmed the glitter of his shining key . |
| 2 | Stage 4 is the familiar multiplier , only this time triggered off by a change in imports and exports . |
| 3 | Nails went upstairs and after a long time came down with a pair of paint-spattered dungarees and two pairs of jeans belonging to his father who weighed about sixteen stone , two jerseys of Gary 's and a navy-blue suit of indeterminate ancestry . |
| 4 | Surely one did not spend one 's time locked in like a criminal . |
| 5 | Time went by until a whole hour had passed but it was restful sitting there in the homely room with its smell of damp wool . |
| 6 | ‘ Or perhaps guilt has always been a condition of man , since the early days of the world , before time rolled out like a long slumber across the universe . |
| 7 | Time spun out in a silken band . |