Example sentences of "[verb] it [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time . |
| 2 | Social workers should always have as clear a plan as possible for the child , and implement it in a shorter time than normal . |
| 3 | I 've suspected it for a long time , but now it 's absolutely dear ! |
| 4 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 5 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 6 | You will take one of these blocks you will wet it for a certain time and you |
| 7 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 8 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 9 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 10 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 11 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 12 | No , he 's had it for a long time . |
| 13 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 14 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 15 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 16 | If you 're going to complain , you have to do it within a reasonable time and in writing . |
| 17 | Gollum was once a hobbit who came across the Ring by chance and keeps it for a long time . |
| 18 | Charles pressed it for a long time . |
| 19 | ‘ I left a letter with my solicitor , to be opened by him if I do n't reclaim it within a certain time . ’ |
| 20 | They all remember it as a worrying time . |
| 21 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 22 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
| 23 | I had known it for a long time , ever since I had confided to my Mum at age fifteen that I fancied the other girls at school , the ‘ it 's just a phase , ’ syndrome . |
| 24 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 25 | He said the scheme could give confidence to youngsters who were in danger of losing it at a crucial time in their lives through adverse family or other circumstances . |
| 26 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
| 27 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 28 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 29 | And we 're doing it in a second time . |
| 30 | so he sold it in a wrong time he could have , he could have hold on to it another few months and got a lot of money for it |