Example sentences of "[prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Here one problem of panels becomes clear : with all the best intentions , panel members may be considered to be specially interested in volunteering for , or accepting an invitation to join , a certain panel , and after a time the panel member can become rather too self-conscious and sophisticated . |
| 32 | After a time I settled down into a routine of work , sleep and having a good time — and not necessarily in that order . |
| 33 | After a time the shorter children become submerged and the number under water increases as the ranks go forward . |
| 34 | After a time , the dog would salivate whenever it heard the bell , whether food was present or not . |
| 35 | At first this was merely the usual paranoid rumour inevitable under a ruthless regime where informers abounded , but after a time a more imaginative version emerged . |
| 36 | As it was no longer raining they had not taken shelter in any of the caves , but after a time the thin man out of sheer restlessness looked into the nearest and came out carrying a sack . |
| 37 | UDCs were intended to be merely pump-primers to bring in the private sector , which after a time would be reduced as private sector finance took over . |
| 38 | After a time , the white fingers become purple when the blood starts flowing sluggishly again : the fingers are then very painful . |
| 39 | Quite probably they have failed , or given up trying after a time . |
| 40 | After a time spent playing a sort of country blues acoustic guitar , Otis got a Sears Roebuck Silvertone , with one lipstick pickup — the one with the amp in the case . |
| 41 | After a time , the blocks began to join up , forming couplets , triplets and so on , until all were linked to form one long-chain ‘ molecule ’ . |
| 42 | He had stuck labels in various places so that Willie would associate an object with a word , until after a time Willie labelled them himself . |
| 43 | But after a time , as County Bank went for larger and larger transactions , Mr Wilson , who has a penchant for smaller companies , wanted to get involved in small development capital transactions and smaller management buy-outs . |
| 44 | After a time she had a stroke which semiparalysed her . |
| 45 | After a time he went to the toilet . |
| 46 | After a time , the data was stored in a computer at army headquarters , Lisburn . |
| 47 | Adhesives can be either rubber solution glue or egg white , which was used by the Victorians , and I think it is still the best option as it does not mark the leaves and flowers — commercial glues do after a time . |
| 48 | After a time the light flash alone will produce a jump : the person has learned the jump behaviour . |
| 49 | After a time , realizing that it will be deprived from human company , it should desist . |
| 50 | The dog may well overcome its initial fear , and start to feed after a time on its own . |
| 51 | After a time , the girl returned and , with obvious reluctance , led Hari into the sitting-room . |
| 52 | Hari knocked on the door and after a time it was opened by an elderly lady who stared down at her with a frown . |
| 53 | The reader begins by being faintly amused at their sheer improbability ; but after a time the response turns into pained embarrassment . |
| 54 | After a time ( or if disturbed ) this living globe breaks up and disappears like a rain of silver back into the depths of the sea . |
| 55 | Others who take the view that the outcome was inevitable , and with it the continuing conflict between capital and labour , will find comfort in the fact that the conflict was , after a time , institutionalised . |
| 56 | After a time this gentleman leant forward and tapped Baldwin on the knee . |
| 57 | After a time , most adults will realise that the apparent intelligence is clever programming : the child may not ! |
| 58 | " And after a time , " went on Dandelion , " after a time the grass began to grow thin and the rabbits wandered everywhere , multiplying and eating as they went . |
| 59 | " And after a time , " went on Dandelion , " after a time the grass began to grow thin and the rabbits wandered everywhere , multiplying and eating as they went . |
| 60 | But the scent was old and after a time they went on again . |