Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The average Jew was the average Englishman , living off a weekly pay packet of four pounds a week or less at a time when , in the worst-hit areas for unemployment , up to twenty per cent of the population was below the poverty line . |
| 2 | They usually play to 100,000 or so at a time , so it should be fun . |
| 3 | And now that I 'm home for good , at least my bookings abroad will be for just a week or so at a time , that 's all , well … we 're coming together . |
| 4 | Inch by inch — then , as loose shale slid frighteningly from under her feet , a sudden foot or more at a time — Sheila made her way perilously down the slope . |
| 5 | Five , six and seven year olds are perfectly capable of working on drama for an hour and a half or more at a time , but they need very clear tasks , strong images and narratives which are intriguing and above all dramatic . |
| 6 | Beat in the lemon rind and eggs , and little at a time , beating well after each addition . |
| 7 | He will not feel able to leave , and so for a time he will strive to manage alone . |
| 8 | You know with the and when she does n't know where she 's going to get enough money to feed , clothe them and especially at a time like now , when all these adverts are on television for , you know the toys that children want , and they just have n't the ability to provide those those things for the children , much as they would want to do it . |
| 9 | The recent match against England saw our pack provide plenty of good possession until England got their act together — and even for a time after that . |
| 10 | These principles can be projected into a third dimension to describe complex volumes ; and then into a time dimension , as in the cinema and television . |
| 11 | Easy Rider made its name in the middle of this melée and specifically at a time when the whole counter-culture movement had taken on an explosive , manic air . |
| 12 | If not , sit down and have a chat with your child ; but not at a time when feelings are running high . |
| 13 | But once upon a time the ad pages of NME throbbed with the heady thrills of Loon pants ! |
| 14 | But even at a time when the church is under financial pressure , Father Robert Sweeney does n't think they 're being over extravagant . |
| 15 | On the first occasion something will go well , but maybe after a time you will see that it was not right . |
| 16 | For example : You see like , the parents who come over from the West Indies , they try and teach their children this attitude " you 're English , you was born here , so you must talk the right and proper way , so you must n't talk like that " , but then after a time , as you get older , they do n't really worry about it too much . |