Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] time [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | The Direct Tableware Company sales director Roger Young agrees that it will be next spring before any real growth in catering occurs , but he thinks there might be a slight upturn next month in the top-up business : ‘ It 's heading for the busy time and you ca n't serve customers without knives and forks . ’ |
2 | If this is not done a disillusioned employee may well leave after a short time and you will have to repeat the expensive and disruptive process of interviewing all over again . |
3 | You will take one of these blocks you will wet it for a certain time and you |
4 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
5 | We had a stable rate base for a long time and we saw no reason to doubt that there was anything untoward in the ratings that had been made within our borough . |
6 | People have been drinking Morland 's for a long time and they go to their Morland 's pub for Morland 's . |
7 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
8 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
9 | He was on the dole for a long time and he used to just eat mashed potato and things like that . ’ |
10 | He was tempted to go in and get it over , but he had been away from his temporary headquarters for a long time and he did not even know if the body had bean recovered successfully . |
11 | He had been wanting reassurance for a long time and he had n't been getting any . |
12 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
13 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
14 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
15 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
16 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
17 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
18 | Mind you , you have n't drunk for a long time and you were |
19 | ‘ I lived in America for a long time and I can see through the glossy image-making of his campaign , I think . |
20 | Madame la Comtesse , I have been in love with Mademoiselle your daughter for a long time and I wish to make her my wife . |
21 | Looking immaculate in a bright red suit she said : ‘ I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time and I am glad to have been a part of it . ’ |
22 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
23 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
24 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
25 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
26 | So it 's a pleasure really , I think it 's true , I think there are very many people who undermine and er undervalue the contribution made by people who have been in politics for a long time and I think what they also forget is the level of commitment that these people have put in over many many years . |
27 | I 've known Becky for a long time and I never thought she 'd go public with what is a private afffair … it may in part be naivity … but I think some of it was vengence . |
28 | But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really |
29 | And when I , I mean when I , I actu actually felt quite emotional cos I 'd not been to Park to see a match for a long time and I mean we 're living up here erm , and er , I just felt quite emotional when I got out and saw that lovely pitch it was in perfect |
30 | He was like just being an adviser , he was n't like trying to design it , and I looked at it all for a long time and I said Bembo , which I had never heard of . |