Example sentences of "[verb] do [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 I am saying that , as an organisation , it can not cope with the work it has to do at the present time .
2 She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time .
3 And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’
4 ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’
5 I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities .
6 Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time .
7 At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time .
8 They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time .
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