Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adj] time [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Infra-red detectors are very effective devices — they react to body heat , and will leave lights on for a predetermined time after they first sense body heat . |
| 2 | Many children come into care only for a short time while their parents try to sort out their difficulties . |
| 3 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 4 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 5 | An application for relief may be filed only within a reasonable time after the defendant has knowledge of the judgment . |
| 6 | So far as I can see , unless there are fundamental changes in the British economy , the recession ai n't going to be over for a considerable time because the economy is in such a state . |
| 7 | ‘ ( 1 ) When the seller is ready and willing to deliver the goods , and requests the buyer to take delivery , and the buyer does not within a reasonable time after such request take delivery of the goods , he is liable to the seller for any loss occasioned by his neglect or refusal to take delivery , and also for a reasonable charge for the care and custody of the goods . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose , ’ said Suvarov , paying no attention to her rudeness or the incipient hysteria in her voice , ‘ because it was so important … not just fighting it , but being part of it , doing one 's best and living more intensely over a longer time than one had before . ’ |
| 9 | Alice was understandably puzzled , saying , ‘ Well in our country you 'd generally get to somewhere else — if you ran very fast for a long time as we 've been doing . ’ |
| 10 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |
| 11 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
| 12 | The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son . |
| 13 | He studied her minutely for a long time until she felt his eyes had bored into her very skull . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , Daouad , you will not see the Sukkariya again for a long time unless you answer my questions . ’ |
| 15 | Then they would have entered the conical shadow cast by the moon , and the stars would have become visible again for a brief time before the Lift sank beneath the surface itself and came to a standstill , its massive kinetic energy somehow conducted away from the lower terminus and stored in a way that Alex Bannen would have killed to learn . |