Example sentences of "[adj] for a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must have been asleep for a very long time , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Chesarynth thought about that for a very long time . |
| 3 | as to which of those distinguished people should be dispensed with , but nevertheless it might be the advantage of everybody if the numbers of the cabinet were reduced to sixteen , I personally thought that for a very long time . |
| 4 | Er well he was unemployed for a quite some time er and he got odd casual jobs er and then finally doing er as late as the second world war he got er he got employment on the railway . |
| 5 | Having just painfully disentangled herself from one relationship , she had no intention of getting involved in another for a very long time . |
| 6 | I would n't say there was much between the two teams apart from the first half here this afternoon when United , I have n't seen United dominate a side so much for a very long time , and really , I mean you were here Peter , three or four nil at half time would not have been a bad reflection on United 's performance in any way at all . |
| 7 | ‘ Doses would remain large for a very long time … |
| 8 | If you take these for a very long time you get a beard and a deep voice , but as I only needed a month 's supply I escaped such horrors . |
| 9 | All you need to do is to be sufficiently obstructive for a sufficiently long time and and his mates will turn around and throw up their hands and shak and and turn somersaults . |
| 10 | People who have intelligence and a conscience wrestle with these problems and we 've come to a conclusion which is as good a deal as we think we can get , with the people of the area and with the Labour party and I think he said that if people in this authority are sufficiently obstructive for a sufficiently long time then people will change their minds . |
| 11 | However , since an Enforcement Notice has to be confirmed by the Secretary of State who is required to have a hearing , and since compensation is payable for any loss arising out of a Stop Notice , if the notice is quashed because the development is authorised or does not require planning permission , unauthorised development can , and does , go on unpenalised for a very long time . |
| 12 | It was immediately clear that the book had been undisturbed for a very long time , perhaps even since it had been laid to rest . |
| 13 | ‘ When you 've been very independent for a very long time , to depend on somebody else is n't easy , I find . |
| 14 | However , for a cross-sectional study , a body of field workers , equipment , working accommodation , etc. , must be available for a relatively short time on a one-off basis . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's going to stay number one for a very long time , ’ says Michael Ellis of the influential American music magazine Billboard . |
| 16 | They also tend to remain positive for a very long time , if not indefinitely , unless the infection has been treated in the very early stages . |