Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |
| 2 | Any scheme which attempts to remain stable over an extended time period will in some sense be a compromise . |
| 3 | The Timer IC2 is connected as a monostable — that is , once triggered in this way the output , pin 3 , goes high for a certain time then reverts to low . |
| 4 | Okay you wo n't need to know that for a long time yet anyway will you . |
| 5 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |
| 6 | she obviously did n't know this for a long time and then one day I said to her , well , it was lovely meal and all that but I do think your mark-up on the wine is scandalous ! |
| 7 | This alternative was also deemed impossible in the limited time available . |
| 8 | It is only extinguished or " barred " because the claim it gives to land has been allowed to remain unpressed for a long time in face of a rival title … the effect of the Act is to eliminate . |
| 9 | She had not done that for a long time . |
| 10 | Are n't you playing the piano ? shall we get that book that you have , it 's yellow I think it 's down there , we have n't done that for a long time have we , we can do that while daddy and Tim are playing |
| 11 | ‘ We have n't done that in a long time . ’ |
| 12 | She 'll do that for a long time , I bet . |
| 13 | I have n't seen that for a long time |
| 14 | Yes , yes , she 's , she 's had , she 's had one of those and I have n't seen that for a long time . |
| 15 | Last year he soloed the Eiger nordwand direct in the amazing time of 26 hours — the first ascent took three months ! |
| 16 | Then he attacked with venom and had Thornton looking troubled for the only time in the fight . |
| 17 | Though the commission could buy by agreement it had to have effective powers of compulsory purchase if it was ‘ to ensure that the right land is made available at the right time ’ . |
| 18 | And the chamber seemed darker beyond the elapsed time . |
| 19 | For indeed the demand and supply schedules do not in practice remain unchanged for a long time together , but are constantly being changed ; and every change in them alters the equilibrium amount and the equilibrium price , and thus gives new positions to the centres about which the amount and the price tend to oscillate . [ … ] |
| 20 | I mean I would open my eyes and see myself like that , wake up and then I 'd bounce off the bed and then I 'd sit there bouncing and , and but I have n't had that in a long time and wh when I thought now a lot of times , if I think that I leave either the front door unlocked , my house unlocked or the garage door open I go and actually check that in the middle of the night . |
| 21 | There is a high mortality associated with old people who lie undetected for a long time , both related to the injury sustained and to complications ; such as hypothermia , dehydration , bronchopneumonia and breakdown of pressure areas ( Wild et al , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | If a vacant position is not immediately available , reassignment might still be considered if the employer knows of a position which will become vacant within a reasonable time . |
| 23 | Erm if they , if you 've got a heavy mortgage , and I 'm not suggesting that many of you will have a heavy mortgage , it 's not a bad thing when you 're retiring to fix a rate , because we 've not been able to do that for a long time . |
| 24 | Er there 's a sense also in which memories may not be an individual phenomenon but may be a collective phenomena and if you listen to families reminiscing about things or people who 've know each-other for a long time reminiscing about things , different people supply different details , they contradict one-another , they erm fill things in , they say no it ca n't have been then because um because that was the Christmas when Uncle Sydney had his kidney stones and um y'know stuff like that . |
| 25 | He could well have returned late at night and she not heard him , though she had stayed awake for a long time , listening for the sound of the horses , the carriage wheels on the drive . |
| 26 | But Brewer has an uncanny knack of getting injured at the wrong time and so hooker Sean Fitzpatrick will be in charge for the first time . |
| 27 | And … and I 've known that for a long time . ’ |
| 28 | Yes , I 've known that for a long time . |
| 29 | " I know , " Patrick said defiantly , realizing what she was trying to do , " I 've known that for a long time . " |
| 30 | And you had to plough that within a certain time . |