Example sentences of "[adv] but [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had quite successfully avoided talking about those two lately but some time they would have to — that was if Fernando 's intentions were serious . |
| 2 | They seem to have evolved not once but many times . |
| 3 | Breeze O'Brien , laden with parcels of all shapes and sizes , and further hampered by an enormous umbrella , came into violent collision , not once but many times , during her headlong dash up the hill . |
| 4 | Just for a moment , suppose that it had been proved beyond doubt that reincarnation was a fact and we all lived not just once but many times . |
| 5 | He dipped the flannel in the water and bathed the swollen joint not once but many times , leaving the flannel wrapped around it for long seconds each time . |
| 6 | And he owed Duncan a favour , not once but many times over . |
| 7 | They had seen her lover , not once but many times , in the pubs and the clubs , chatting up girls . |
| 8 | The origin of life on a planet can be a very improbable event indeed by our everyday standards , or indeed by the standards of the chemistry laboratory , and still be sufficiently probable to have occurred , not just once but many times , all over the universe . |
| 9 | And all the time the snow fell ; not once but many times , scooped up by the wind and hurled back in huge opaque whirlpools that obliterated even the pencil lines . |
| 10 | ‘ Not once but several times , ’ he added . |
| 11 | We do n't know , and that happened not once but several times , leading to er er er a good ne honest professional members of the lottery commission er to warn in internal memos er that this was going to raise legal and public relations problems . |
| 12 | After a plain breakfast they went out again , still taking it slowly but this time with more of a distance in mind . |
| 13 | ‘ We would have caught him eventually but this time it was thankfully a case of sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I had just one fish from the swim the week before but this time had five botes and took four fish , ’ said David . |
| 15 | To test the first possibility P(A) was calculated using the same procedure as before but this time for individual subjects rather than stimuli . |
| 16 | Why I 'm showing , I mean this is just the same as the table you had before but this time what I 'm showing you is the product of A ti A times B , the product of the two . |
| 17 | and er , and , and , he feels look , well I 'm caring with it now but some time |
| 18 | The stall is approached once again but this time in a very slight turn and , if necessary , with a very small amount of extra rudder — just enough to make the wing drop . |
| 19 | On the hour , Jones waded forward again but this time Graziani pushed his crashing shot behind . |
| 20 | The coffee thermos and cups were fetched , the incense came again but this time it was passed more slowly , so that everyone could enjoy the sweet-smelling smoke to a greater extent . |
| 21 | The next day they tried again but this time they added ten per cent of heavy water to the liquid , thereby increasing the amount of deuterium — the fusion fuel . |
| 22 | Now do the same thing again but this time split your turn into two smaller turns . |
| 23 | He helped Joshua into the cart , sitting him on the floor again but this time leaning up against a wing , and tucked the rug under his legs . |
| 24 | She looked at him again but this time there was no smile on her face . |
| 25 | The apricot flush stained her cheeks again but this time it was anger — anger and bitterness . |
| 26 | Ten minutes later round went the tip again but this time I was into something bigger . |
| 27 | He dialled the number again but this time there was no dialling tone — only silence stretching through the air-waves . |