Example sentences of "time [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Next he uses the same technique but this time on to a sheet of transparent glass placed on trestles , which allows the photographer to film the act through the glass , so that we see the paint falling around the pebbles and wires already placed on the glass .
2 Both tables show control sample clients doing better in home care : spending less time altogether in an institution , and being more likely to be living at home at the end of the two time periods .
3 As promised , one of the project workers gave me an early shake and I had time enough for a coffee before I needed to set off to meet Jenny .
4 I know your ego finds that hard to believe , but just because we had a good time together for a couple of days does not necessarily mean that I 'm yours to play with whenever you feel like it ! ’
5 Now , for the first time in over a decade there is uncertainty over the Chelsea veteran 's inclusion .
6 The new synthetic pitch at the Jordanstown campus has attracted the prestigious tournament to Northern Ireland for the first time in over a decade , and the impressive facilities at the campus will be used together with the new pitch at Valley Leisure Centre .
7 An exhibition that brings together ( for the first time in over a century ) the Pre-Raphaelites ' paintings , sculpture and decorative arts that decorated the houses of the region 's Victorian industrialists and entrepreneurs .
8 These two documents provided , for the first time in over a century , a summary of the various arguments on the subject of a national audit office .
9 Large areas of western Scotland , mid- and North Wales and the upland zones of the North and South West of England have exhibited population gains , in some cases for the first time in over a century .
10 The old man , propped in his chair for the first time in over a month , laid a trembling hand on the babe 's head .
11 For the first time in over a month Charles felt certain that he had n't lost interest in sex .
12 Composite bodies can be fabricated in fewer , larger components , and that makes curing time less of a drawback than it appears .
13 It was an inglorious episode in English history , little remembered since , and regarded at the time less as a disgrace than as a deliverance .
14 Can the Leader of the House find time soon for a debate on the economy of London ?
15 TAGGART star Mark McManus talked for the first time yesterday about a heartbreak series of family tragedies .
16 Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar .
17 Jay Hammond had been Ross 's sixth victim : the tennis player , taking time off for a game with a business contact .
18 The help given in the first period of Addenbrookes , when the plaintiff had her own room and was for much of the time still in a coma , was clearly signifidant , significant , not only in caring for the plaintiff 's physical needs , but in giving the support and encouragement which no doubt contributed greatly to the plaintiff 's emergence from that coma .
19 Yeah , it 's well they do say both sides that it 's the most dangerous time straight after a goal .
20 To say that my first game of the new season was out of the ordinary would be a massive understatement — never in 25 seasons of refereeing have I had to learn and interpret 19 law changes and then get to apply them first time up in a game in France between two clubs from England and Scotland !
21 He wrote to me some time later about a meeting with Ivy at Madge Ashton 's when there was some talk about Angus Wilson .
22 A party of environmental students — on a North Sea cruise from Norway to the UK — took time out during a stopover in Lerwick to visit Sullom Voe .
23 But if this colt was beaten today , he would certainly not be the first winter favourite for a Classic to flop first time out as a three-year-old .
24 To qualify to play Karpov , Short had to beat Boris Gelfand , another product of the Soviet school , who refused to allow Praedrag Nikolic of Yugoslavia , his previous opponent , a time out for a family funeral .
25 Time now for a recap of today 's main news stoires .
26 Time now for a recap of this evening 's main new stories .
27 Time now for a recap of this evening 's main news stories .
28 Time now for a recap of tonight 's main headlines with Karen Fraser interpreting for the deaf .
29 Time now for a recap of tonight 's main headlines with TBA interpreting for the deaf .
30 She had kept her looks and her health , and had spent her free time productively with a variety of projects and committees .
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