Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I , I had a period of waking up at four |
| 2 | A regime called Training By Assignment , which involves a period of learning followed by practical application , is being used increasingly at Courtaulds Fibres in Grimsby , UK . |
| 3 | Locke , John ( 1632–1704 ) An English philosopher who in the context of his time ( and of his own life which involved a period of exile ) was a clear defender of toleration and free enquiry . |
| 4 | Forming a group with them is the Mira variable R Leonis , which has a period of 312 days . |
| 5 | In the same field as Iota ( 4.7 ) lies the rapid variable SX Phœnicis , which has a period of only 79 minutes — one of the shortest known . |
| 6 | This is clearly demonstrated in the most recent essay , ‘ Women , Art , and Power ’ , which brings together French , British , Spanish and German paintings , prints and photographs which cover a period of over three centuries . |
| 7 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 8 | In Aquitaine , too , this connection seems likely , in that silver coins modelled on those of Charles the Bald circulated until the serious financial crisis of 1103 , brought on by William IX 's crusading expenses ; then the silver coin was devalued , followed in 1112 by a further devaluation , which preceded a period of marked economic growth . |
| 9 | From the surviving documentation , annotations on meeting papers , careful notes made of verbal exchanges and copies of correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the broad sequence of events and the serial proposals and counter-proposals which marked a period of intensive and difficult negotiation with neither side being prepared to risk an open breach in relationships which would have been publicly damaging . |
| 10 | This image of copulation serves as a linguistic act of ‘ insemination ’ which initiates a period of gestation and provokes a reference to giving birth toward the end of the chapter . |
| 11 | It looked a pleasant enough place in which to spend a period of compulsory leisure and I was glad I did not have to share it with anyone . |
| 12 | Having done this , you can begin by making sure that she is not left alone at all at first in her emotionally collapsed condition , unless she clearly indicates that she wants a period of solitude . |
| 13 | For the following three years she enjoyed a period of heady social success . |
| 14 | If you miss a period you must consult your doctor as soon as possible . |
| 15 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : We consider a period of between six and 16 months altogether feasible . |
| 16 | I recognise that companies are under considerable pressures and that we face a period of uncertainty . |
| 17 | I was convinced that something had happened in our absence ; something had indeed happened — it had rained hard during the night and early morning — which was strange for that summer when we had a period of almost drought conditions . |
| 18 | Then we had a period on the Italian targets . |
| 19 | But behind this there lies a period , obscurely documented , in which there was far greater freedom and equality among the cities — an era brought to a sharp end by the threat of foreign conquest , which drew the Greek cities together in heroic resistance to the Persian invaders — and thus began the process which ended in the effective dominance of Sparta and Athens over their neighbours . |
| 20 | There followed a period of university teaching abroad : first in Lithuania , then in Bulgaria . |
| 21 | There followed a period of about fifteen years when creative genius became evident , such as the works of William Shakespeare ; Marlow ; Spencer and Ben Johnson . |
| 22 | There followed a period of uncertainty until it found itself with new occupants Savory and Sons . |
| 23 | There followed a period of disuse and partial use until the mill , which was then owned by Courtaulds , was sold to the local company of Renishaws . |
| 24 | There followed a period of over a year when Karl moved aimlessly through a succession of jobs . |
| 25 | There followed a period of reassessment — one that was widespread among feminists in general — through which we examined oppressions and questions of priorities and hierarchies , something we are still centrally concerned with . |
| 26 | There followed a period when both these positions were held by hearing persons , which must be considered a backward development in the evolution of the BDDA . |
| 27 | There followed a period of comparative quiet , while the water built up again behind the top step and those beneath . |
| 28 | There followed a period of ten years of overwork and stagnant promotion , but his career took off with his promotion first to assistant secretary and then to be the chairman of the Prison Commission ( 1932–9 ) . |
| 29 | In 1903 David Howard succeeded his father as chairman and there followed a period of rapid growth . |
| 30 | There followed a period of convalescence in Naumburg , and in the autumn of 1868 Nietzsche returned to Leipzig to continue his independent studies . |