Example sentences of "a time [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After this he seems to have retired for a time to his Scottish estates . |
| 2 | I left when there was a time of barrenness and I went into another country and now there 's a time of plenty and I 'm going back home what are they going to say to me ? |
| 3 | I says how come you deputation , you gave us a time of which to be here , now we said , we turned up a quarter hour beforehand and I says we get a phone call er a an intermission from Councillor that you could n't make it because that your car broke down . |
| 4 | They would take separate holidays at least once every two years ; they would have at most two children and at a time of her choosing ; neither would publicly humiliate the other ; the spectrum of marital offences under this heading ranging from spoiling the other 's dinner-party stories to a too-public infidelity . |
| 5 | Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself . |
| 6 | Between 1692 and 1747 the British had defeated the French at sea a number of times , but these battles could not eliminate the possibility that the French fleet would come out of port at a time of its own choosing and assist attacks on British colonies or an invasion of the British Isles . |
| 7 | We will give every citizen an entitlement to a period of retraining or education at a time of their choice during their adult lives , based on distance learning costs . |
| 8 | Hence the social acceptability of earlier retirement by women can prove a mixed blessing : it gives them more chance to leave paid work at a time of their own choosing , but also leaves them more open to pressure from others to retire . |
| 9 | There were a small minority of property-holders who could retire on their revenues , at a time of their choosing . |
| 10 | When a member of the Royal Family becomes pregnant , an announcement is made at a time of their choosing . ’ |
| 11 | His reward for helping to fix the broken-down Time Machine is to travel to a time of his choice . |
| 12 | In the resultant Postlethwait audio-tutorial laboratory , open from around 7.00 a.m. to 11.30 pm. , the student could come at a time of his own choosing ; at the entrance he would receive a descriptive hand-out explaining what books , notes , equipment would be necessary to bring along ; once inside he would be given a botanical specimen and would enter a pleasant area equipped with a multiplicity of booths or carrels . |
| 13 | Even if I was using him , a time of my choosing , to wash away the guilt … |
| 14 | Although it is a good idea to make several copies at a time of your c.v. , especially if you are going to apply for a lot of jobs ‘ on spec. ’ , do not get too many done at once . |
| 15 | In order to appreciate something which is above and beyond ourselves we have to rid ourselves for a time of our sophistication and , in the words of Jesus Christ , become as little children again . |
| 16 | Esther had quite as hard a time of it as Annie , one might feel , but even so , Moore 's spirited novel can be thought to settle for an anodyne poverty . |
| 17 | Gibeau felt that we had had too easy a time of it at Canjuers and for the last three days introduced a new punishment . |
| 18 | What a time of it you 've got . |
| 19 | During her first episode she was also suicidal , reporting that ‘ she despaired of her life , weening she might not live ’ and that ‘ she would have destroyed herself many a time at their [ the devils , ] stirrings … ’ . |
| 20 | However , the outbound timing must be adjusted as necessary to comply with a time at which you may be cleared to leave the holding point . |
| 21 | You will have been given a time at which to expect clearance to leave the hold — this could be either EAT or OCT . |
| 22 | The dog may well overcome its initial fear , and start to feed after a time on its own . |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't like to put a time on it , but we could be talking years . |
| 24 | There have been occasional remarks that some players may have dallied for a time with what are known as recreational drugs . |
| 25 | The leave-taking this time was formal , bearing none of the displays of emotion that had marked Prince Richard 's departure — the queen-dowager was but bidding farewell , it was thought , to her son 's bride , a young lady who was going to the royal palace within the Tower to keep company for a time with her husband . |
| 26 | Mary-Claude was in Lebanon with Sarah having too good a time with her family for him to wish to cut it short . |
| 27 | But you do have to arrange a time with them but the benefit of this is that there will be a tutor to assist you . |
| 28 | I hope I 'm not being facetious , but they 'll have a hell of a time with him … |
| 29 | he panicked and they had a hell of a time with him because he panicked in there , in the hospital and there was a , going berserk and that but you see daddy did n't , oh there 's nothing |
| 30 | The boy would spend a few weeks at a time with his father and when Sheila one day came to collect Scott , she mentioned that she felt she might well marry again . |