Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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31 Of course the phenomenological approach has been with us for a long time , and has been the primary source of evidence in the psychoanalytic tradition .
32 Within a month of the start of the war it was beginning to appreciate its mistake , but the consequences will be with us for a long time to come .
33 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 .
34 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 .
35 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 .
36 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 .
37 ‘ Lady Isabel will be staying with us for a short time .
38 It 's great , cos the water 's warm , and I fill up the sink and keep my hands in it for a long time .
39 No in in your memory , of course , you 've been involved in it for a long time , have n't you ?
40 But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really
41 He has n't been in it for a long time .
42 It is true that it has been forecast as being upon us for a long time , but things are now really moving in some areas .
43 We talked about her for a long time , and I think our Chairman was impressed .
44 Most fish would not be seriously affected by temperatures somewhat outside this range especially if only exposed to them for a short time .
45 I had to work on them for a long time .
46 But no you go up town and get me this you see now she meant that sh sh you know no mampy pampying now , off you go yo you this is going to happen to you for a long time to come .
47 Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time .
48 I did n't always agree with her Chopin , and her Liszt was a disaster area , but I 'd listen to her for a long time if it 's Schumann .
49 There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now .
50 We all lived on top of each other and at any time one of us was probably irritated in some way by one of the others , but Tom seemed to hold on to it for a long time , never expressing his resentment until he just flipped into despising somebody .
51 ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time .
52 We have been looking forward to it for a long time , ’ said one oilman .
53 Well , in my observation , as regards young boys , it er th they played could play them up , the lads would play pranks on the teacher , who would put the best on it for a long time .
54 Wew 've been working on it for a long time , polticals issues are nothing to do with us , we 're a commercial company
55 I shut my eyes and hold my lace to hers for a long time .
56 It has seemed to us for a long time that something special about Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane is called for , and this is an attempt to meet that need .
57 We must , surely , eventually get to recovery , but we have been waiting for it for a long time .
58 I could see he was going to be unhappy about it for a long time , and that there was nothing I could do about it .
59 But he does n't do anything about it for a long time .
60 She suffered so much when he did casuals that he 'd lied about it for a long time .
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