Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At night we were visited by entrepreneurs in sarongs and Muslim black felt " peci " hats , who knocked so quietly that for a long time we thought they were merely underpowered geckos . |
| 2 | Chesarynth concentrated on the maths of it so hard that for a long time she ignored the awareness tugging at her subconscious . |
| 3 | All we can say is that assurances were given , and that for a short time they were accepted as having been given in good faith ; but they were not honoured . |
| 4 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 5 | If the money remains unclaimed for a certain time it is returned to the finder . |