Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be realised that the amount stocked would only have been expected to last a relatively short time . |
| 2 | However , we contrive to have a very pleasant time . |
| 3 | He went on : ‘ We 're going to have a jolly good time after waiting so long for this . ’ |
| 4 | So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job . |
| 5 | This can be contrasted with the centesimal scale where we may have to wait a fairly long time to ascertain the action of the remedy . |
| 6 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 7 | You mean I 'll have to wait a very long time . |
| 8 | Remember that the vendor may not wish to have you around the house at all , so try to agree a mutually convenient time , starting at , say , 9am or 2pm , which will allow at least three daylight hours for the survey . |
| 9 | One problem is that appeals to the European Court from decisions of DGIV tend to take a very long time , and there is also some doubt as to whether the Court is an appropriately constituted body to act as a review tribunal in the sense described above . |
| 10 | It 's hard enough trying to find a mutually convenient time for two people to meet ; comparing diaries for a group can be nearly impossible . |