Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duodenoscopes are more difficult to clean thoroughly than gastroscopes because of the bridging elevator channel and , as they are often used less frequently , their incomplete disinfection or drying allows a greater time for organisms to proliferate . |
| 2 | And erm you know I know that was one difficulty , that people had a long time to wait for repairs . |
| 3 | They live modestly on income from securities that Edhi bought a long time ago . |
| 4 | The gizzard-stone treatment meant that food took a long time to digest . |
| 5 | She agrees with Gnome Pfeiffer ( coauthor of The Experience of Infertility , Virago ) that feminists took a long time to put infertility on the political agenda , and she suggests that this is partly due to attitudes toward motherhood . |
| 6 | The climatic extremes of the far north mean that forests take a long time to regenerate . |
| 7 | Although Luke translated the whole time for her , she felt desperately isolated and sick with longing for Ricky . |
| 8 | Procedure in the High Court remains complex and cases take a considerable time to come to trial . |
| 9 | The engine box had a centre ‘ handle ’ and Ian took a long time sighting his chimney by this . |
| 10 | For example , the sanctions against non-members have played an important part in sustaining trade unions through difficult conflicts with employers : ‘ scab ’ labourers and strike-breakers have a hard time . |
| 11 | I ring up Richard , and Richard says the only time I can see you is seven o'clock Tuesday night , and I 've got no appointment . |
| 12 | Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E. |
| 13 | Erm I think Joe and Ray had a great time . |
| 14 | Cardiff was , of course , built on mud flats , and nature takes a long time to change . |
| 15 | Even when you were small and Lizzie had a bad time of it , I saw to you . |
| 16 | He and Claudia spent a long time talking to the police and to the accused man . |
| 17 | Oh it 's obvious that safety 's involved , I think that er it 's also er road use because er if people take a long time er going forwards and back trying to get into a space to park because they do n't have the basic skills to enable them to do it , then it 's frustrating for other motorists , and obviously accidents can be caused . |
| 18 | Both Law and Baxter liked a good time , but language problems , an over-attentive press and the sheer tedium of living in a big city hotel , conspired against them . |
| 19 | The box and pyrotechnics take a long time to set up , so we ca n't rehearse and have to hope it will be all right on the night . |
| 20 | Men and women need a peaceful time to be still and know the presence of God . |
| 21 | We were just father and son having a good time . |
| 22 | Heidrick and Struggles had a difficult time when the founders , Gardner Heidrick and John Struggles , left the firm in the early 1980s and there was a period of turmoil until an international partnership structure emerged . |
| 23 | They visited the same city , perhaps the same places , and spent the same amount of money — but Joy had a marvellous time , while Gloom was thoroughly miserable from start to finish . |
| 24 | We have asked to do so , but changes take a long time to come into effect . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've told yer plenty of times , me an' Tommy finished a long time ago . |
| 26 | The four-cylinder engine was more reliable in 1957 , but BRM took a long time to realise that the P25 's air strut suspension — carried over from the V16 — was the cause of its savage oversteer . |