Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The program puts up words one at a time , in transcription , and the user 's task is to read the word and then input it in normal spelling . |
| 2 | cars one at a time on horse drawn flat trucks , along Canterbury Road and Mitcham Road to dump them on the site in Aurelia Road , which the company had purchased for a depôt . |
| 3 | The instructor should distribute Handout 13 , then go through the steps one at a time using the details in the text and asking the trainees to complete exercises where necessary . |
| 4 | He cuts the tenon shoulders one at a time , and then lines them up to make a final pass if necessary . |
| 5 | He made very few mistakes and so often picked out the right line on the greens , lines which at the time I doubted , that I left the decisions to him . ’ |
| 6 | She stepped out of the dress and then turned and sat on the bed , rather heavily ; smiling at Wayne to show that she was okay , she kicked off her shoes one at a time . |
| 7 | A great many Greek politicians and officials who at the time said privately that they thought the thing was a nonsense heard themselves publicly using arguments which did not improve Greece 's reputation for honest debate . |
| 8 | The drunken voice of Officer Cecil informed him that he and his fellows were taking the calls one at a time . |
| 9 | The insurance is only intended to cover vendors who at the time of contract had no knowledge of circumstances which eventually give rise to a claim or of the likelihood of claims being made under the warranties . |
| 10 | Thus contracts are not generally binding on the following people : persons who at the time of making the contract were either minors , or so insane or drunk as not to know what they were doing . |
| 11 | Cool pastry for 5mins , then beat in eggs one at a time until mixture is firm , glossy and elastic . |
| 12 | Mrs Thatcher as Prime Minister has occasional meetings with committee officers , taking committees one at a time . |
| 13 | You will have achieved very little if parents sort problems one at a time and keep coming back to you for the same advice for each one . |
| 14 | It sometimes helps to deal with problems one at a time , so the goals seem attainable . |
| 15 | ‘ If you 'd care to raise your hands , we 'll take questions one at a time . |
| 16 | Ask your questions one at a time . |
| 17 | Let me give a few examples of vanished empires which at the time seemed invincible . |
| 18 | The Court ruled on April 24 that the government was entitled to dismiss up to 600,000 former East German civil servants who at the time of unification had been given temporary contracts rather than being made redundant . |
| 19 | You must do the needles one at a time — no short cuts ! |
| 20 | Webbed feet were not designed for mountaineering , but after a few weeks the ducks had devised a method of hopping up the stairs one at a time , eating every morsel of bread along the way , until finally they were actually in my bedroom . |
| 21 | The Head of Department then went through the objectives one at a time and satisfied the Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) and the Director of Studies that , with different emphases , the objectives were all subsumed in the 3 criteria for the assessment of pupils ' work . |
| 22 | Cold setting was carried out by selecting the characters one at a time and placing them in a compositor 's stick . |
| 23 | The principal method of investigation is to show people sentences one at a time on a computer screen and measure the time it takes to understand a sentence . |
| 24 | You can go through the points one at a time . |
| 25 | This is a job if I do n't lose it , feeding my dog beans one at a time . |
| 26 | ( vi ) Touch the grids one at a time , to different regions of the surface of the spread . |
| 27 | ‘ A man like you prefers his women one at a time , eh ? ’ |
| 28 | Peel , halve and core them and place them in a saucepan … cover with the wine and a broken cinnamon stick and heat until barely simmering … wash the monkfish and pat dry with kitchen paper … just as the liquid begins to caramelise , add the lemon juice and stir vigorously … reduced to a quarter of its original volume … add the cubes one at a time … thread the piece of monkfish … reserving the liquid … baste the fruit continuously … intersperse with pears … hand the sauce separately … |
| 29 | The techniques of control used in contingency tables involved literally holding a variable constant by considering its categories one at a time . |
| 30 | I shall take these categories one at a time , and simply state what deictic terms or elements occur in them ; but it must always be remembered that every item depends on its use within certain contexts and under certain conditions . |