Example sentences of "[adv] and [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 2 | By presenting the information on a videodisc which managers could view quickly , locally and at a convenient time , BT reduced the cost of the exercise to £15 per manager . |
| 3 | This fire grew very rapidly and in a short time the port wing was burnt away . |
| 4 | He looked at the photo , and then he looked at Carl carefully and for a long time . |
| 5 | Nails went upstairs and after a long time came down with a pair of paint-spattered dungarees and two pairs of jeans belonging to his father who weighed about sixteen stone , two jerseys of Gary 's and a navy-blue suit of indeterminate ancestry . |