Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sold it and used the money for a good time . " |
| 2 | It is also our intention — this differs from what has been the case for a long time — that they will be fully manned units . |
| 3 | Then suddenly he sees Piquet go into a spin and does n't get back into the field for a long time . |
| 4 | He had been standing in the kitchen for a long time . |
| 5 | They played rummy with Patsy in the kitchen for a long time because Mother and Father went across the road to Dr and Mrs Johnson 's house . |
| 6 | The snag is , scientists do not yet know whether patients taking the drug for a long time are better off with a little testosterone , or none . |
| 7 | ‘ I really have n't had a chance to press my claims and I sincerely believe I am pushing uphill to get back into the side for a long time . ’ |
| 8 | Captain Allan Border said : ‘ Obviously I feel a bit sorry for Jonesy because he 's been in the side for a long time . |
| 9 | The work had dropped off yeah , and then I were on the , on the labour for a short time and erm then I got a job next door to where I lived , straight next door . |
| 10 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |
| 11 | There was terror in the neighbourhood for a long time afterwards . |
| 12 | I gaze at the entry for a long time , tom between a longing to hear his voice again and the terror of becoming in thrall to even his disembodied form . |
| 13 | In addition to , the appearance of APGPR in serum was mirrored by its detection in urine suggesting not only that the peptide can survive immunoreactively intact in the circulation for a suficient time to allow systemic dispersal but also is rapidly excreted by the kidney . |
| 14 | and manager Smith plans to be at the Manor for a long time too … he 's brushed away speculation about going to Stoke … he 's happy at Oxford … well he will be when they start winning |
| 15 | ‘ We 've acted for the club for a long time and have always had a good relationship with them . |
| 16 | When she left him , he stood at the window for a long time , looking out over the newly-awakened countryside . |
| 17 | She crouched forward in the chair , her muscles stiff , as if she had been sitting in the cold for a long time . |
| 18 | Yes , the cases quoted are clear ones , in which carers have been in the home for a long time , but obviously we would wish to avoid a position in which the carer was in the home for a short time in the expectation that he or she would then be allowed to stay there . |
| 19 | Yes , the cases quoted are clear ones , in which carers have been in the home for a long time , but obviously we would wish to avoid a position in which the carer was in the home for a short time in the expectation that he or she would then be allowed to stay there . |
| 20 | He closed the door behind him , and Shelley stood in the hall for a long time , one hand up to her untidy hair where Miguel had ruffled it . |
| 21 | His hair was grey , and his face lined and brown as if he had been in the sun for a long time . |
| 22 | And I 'm afraid you 're going to have to stay in the room for a short time , while I make a couple of phone calls and certain arrangements . ’ |
| 23 | These warnings assumed even greater importance because Opren stayed around in the body for a long time . |
| 24 | This is produced by injecting a small dose of the antigen into the body and allowing time for the person to produce antibodies himself , which then remain in the body for a variable time . |
| 25 | These so-called ‘ displacement activities ’ which often involve grooming the body for a short time , seem to occur particularly in states of conflict between , say , attacking and escaping from another individual . |
| 26 | Therefore , a thin section remaining in the beam for a long time may show a decrease in luminescence intensity as ionic-bombardment and thermal diffusion take place . |
| 27 | Dorian looked at the picture for a long time . |
| 28 | But as we said earlier that some of us who have been in the truth for a long time we were like that years ago , but somewhere along the line we 've become drowsy and a little sort of halfhearted and maybe dozing a little bit as we go down that sort of motorway er of spirituality and that , that the longer you go it can become more difficult because other things come along do n't they ? |
| 29 | In a major success on June 18 they defeated SOC forces at Kompong Thom , and then held the town for a short time before withdrawing . |
| 30 | That churn 's stood out in the rain for a long time . |