Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] an [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime Emilia was in her room still , fussing for an unconscionably long time over her appearance . |
| 2 | Four fires in a week occurred at an especially sensitive time of year . |
| 3 | Julius stared at her for what seemed like an extraordinarily long time . |
| 4 | Great promotional activity until the financial slowdown of 1772 secured in an astonishingly short time a linking of the major English river systems : the Severn , Thames , Great Ouse , Trent , Humber and Mersey . |
| 5 | As for the comments made by Opposition Members about the reduction in the number of trainees in the industry , regrettably that has to be explained by the fact that the industry has been going through an especially difficult time and still is . |
| 6 | She reached across the desk , grabbed the instrument and began tapping out a number with the angry , impatient air of someone who has been kept waiting for an unacceptably long time . |
| 7 | In the softer areas it worked like a hot knife through butter and large areas could be removed , shaped or modelled in an astonishingly short time , in comparison with traditional mallet and gouges . |
| 8 | ‘ It might seem like an awful long time to be working on a debut album , but we 're were n't going to be rushed , ’ says Dermot . |
| 9 | She also turned out to be the last close friend I had for an awfully long time . |