Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most sufferers do n't realise their chiggers have departed because the eschars remain itchy for a long time afterwards . |
| 2 | The British banks have attracted criticism for a long time over their failure to provide long-term finance to industry , and to develop lasting relationships with industrial customers . |
| 3 | ( Note that " recreolisation " can also mean the development of a new Creole language from an existing one which has undergone pidginisation for a second time . |
| 4 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 5 | Aids dementia is more common in those who have had AIDS for a long time , and in some instances the dementia is probably due to other organisms attacking the brain . |
| 6 | Paula weds star for a second time |
| 7 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 8 | ‘ If Prost wants to be called champion for a fourth time he should come back in a sporting way . |
| 9 | The upward spiral on which film budgets were set suggests that Rank might have had to go on losing money for a long time before hitting on a way to achieve a steady supply of sellable films . |
| 10 | It was confirmed on Monday that the former army officer had attempted suicide for a third time . |
| 11 | Such a process has been taking place for a long time . |
| 12 | The St Louis turned round and headed north for a second time . |
| 13 | I have loved Rose for a long time , and nothing will ever change that . ’ |
| 14 | Bacteria survive heat for a short time . |
| 15 | However , his appearance had been that of an eighteen-year-old , which makes nonsense for a second time of the press claims that Lord Haw-Haw was as puny in appearance as he had been in his human sympathies . |
| 16 | Always Defect resists invasion for a long time . |
| 17 | Taken in connection with the fact that Liverpool is the greatest seaport in the world , that one alone should remain a disorganised prey to designing knaves is one of the strange and unaccountable anomalies which frequently escape notice for a long time but only to be ultimately felt with greater force and overcome with greater resolution " . |
| 18 | ‘ We have talking for a long time about how the company might change structurally , and many of Alan Gordon Walker 's proposals would have left me with a job that I did n't want to do , ’ she said . |