Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | In Romania the legacy of the late President Ceausescu 's National Stalinism' will persist for a considerable time and the directions of change can not easily be predicted . |
| 3 | The Leeward Islands had tried to ignore Carlisle 's lieutenant-governor as early as the 1630s , and when the islands became royal colonies in the 1660s they were treated for a short time as separate communities , with each island being regarded as an individual colony . |
| 4 | Train services on the Esk Valley line were delayed for a short time and the Sprinter train was allowed to continue its journey after it had been examined by experts . |
| 5 | This achieves much more in the long run than attempting to concentrate for a long time until fatigue sets in . |
| 6 | He would gaze for a long time and , when Gabriel had finished his tasks , would settle again until the ghost reinforced itself somewhere else a few days later . |
| 7 | If I add that the majority of Cubists were formerly considered to be Fauves , I can demonstrate how far these young artists have come in a short time and the logic of their vision . |
| 8 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 9 | We have argued for a long time that there is a peripheral argument that in the strategic interests of the nation we should be concerned about the coal industry . |
| 10 | ‘ She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’ |
| 11 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 12 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 13 | ‘ I have felt for a long time that the only way this issue was going to be resolved was to have it fixed on a political level — that it would n't just fade away . |
| 14 | Sailors from off the boats would be looking for a good time and public bars would resound to the sound of many voices . |
| 15 | Basilican churches continued to be built for a long time but many variations of form developed , with one dominant theme : a dome , or domes over an open space below . |
| 16 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 17 | He warned his players to expect a hostile reception in England and said : ‘ We came mentally prepared for a hard time and determined to give our answer out there on the field . |
| 18 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 19 | They are , no doubt , conditioned by the environment in which they live , they act in a given time and place . |
| 20 | Such an application shall be refused unless made within a reasonable time and will not be granted where the party applying has taken any step in the proceedings after knowledge of the irregularity . |
| 21 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 22 | Such policies can not work , because cuts have to be made at a difficult time and even more jobs are lost . |
| 23 | Dr Robat Williams , who has devised the joint charter , said the launch came at a difficult time because of the General Election campaign . |
| 24 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 25 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
| 26 | it is what I 've always thought for a long time that somebody like Brian if he 's not if he 's not showing at our fish at our show , even as an A class judge , I , I fail to see why he ca n't judge at our show it 's , he goes to Skelm and , and judges there and our fish will be there or strange really when we 're struggling for judges that , that we do n't do these things . |
| 27 | But after plunging towards the relegation zone with just four points from the previous 21 , he admitted : ‘ We have been going through a bad time and We needed this win . ’ |
| 28 | Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 30 | Soapy moved on , but he walked for a long time before he tried again . |