Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when only the Northumbrians , and then only for a time in the reign of Eadberht ( 737–58 ) , minted coins of pure silver , southern England experienced a decline in the quality of its sceattas . |
| 2 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST |
| 3 | 1969 — ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST |
| 4 | America is also represented by the legendary ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST . |
| 5 | Once upon a time in Belfast there were bands like Stiff Little Fingers and Rudi . |
| 6 | De Niro , curiously takes a back seat , indeed , content to re-invent Noodles ( Once Upon A Time In America ) with a darker , more sadistic bent . |
| 7 | Very few films are about rape , although it crops up all over the place — from the narrative device launching an endless cycle of Death Wish movies , to general ’ scene-setting ’ in war movies and crime thrillers , or used with sublime insensitivity to illuminate ( male ) character : Robert De Niro raping his childhood sweetheart in Once Upon A Time In America , Bob Hoskins forcing himself on the maid in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne . |
| 8 | De Niro , curiously takes a back seat , indeed , content to re-invent Noodles ( Once Upon A Time In America ) with a darker , more sadistic bent . |
| 9 | I have always been careful to leave no stone unturned , ever since a time in Philadelphia when a particularly uncomfortable sofa turned out to be hiding a pair of magnificent George III sideboard dishes , subsequently sold for $66,000 . |
| 10 | I read once that when people get old and go senile , they go back to a time in their life when they were useful . |
| 11 | In 1774–80 for every British seaman who lost his life in battle , fifteen died of disease , while in 1779 Britain was preserved from invasion partly by the scurvy which swept the French and Spanish squadrons then for a time in control of the Channel . |
| 12 | A constant stream of US dollar notes would need to be sent from America , only to be sent back a little at a time in individual parcels as above . |