Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 2 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 3 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 4 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The only exception is the sort of heat fault that makes a machine malfunction after it has been switched on for a given time or when the room warms up . |
| 7 | If you attempt to pass the SPR on for the seventh time or to the same user twice , LIFESPAN will display an error message and you will not be allowed to pass it on . |
| 8 | A worker-directed study conducted in the mid-1970s considered as temporary workers all who had a job which was available only for a limited time and all who were themselves available for their jobs for only a limited period of time . |
| 9 | Many children come into care only for a short time while their parents try to sort out their difficulties . |
| 10 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 755 ) Beornred succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Aethelbald but held it only for a short time and unhappily . |
| 11 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
| 12 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 13 | The proportions reported to have had difficulty with various aspects of caring for themselves ( getting in and out of a bath or shower , dressing and undressing , going to the toilet , washing and shaving , feeding themselves , making a hot drink , or needing help at night ) for a year or more before death was 87 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more , 60 per cent of those in for a shorter time and 25 per cent of those who had not been in such a home at all . |
| 14 | ‘ I said if we did n't win this time we 'd abolish the b + + + + + + , ’ says Dixon , digging in for the first time since his Army days . |
| 15 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 16 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 17 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 18 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 19 | But so about the same time as the mill was heightened , I think that th land was drained . |
| 20 | You saw in fact the lady as you came in about the same time as you came in who does that . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 23 | I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs . |
| 24 | Most of these were undetectable in that there were few enquiries I could pursue after the event ; for example , the purse stolen by an unknown thief an hour or two prior to the report and perhaps with the exact time and location of the theft unknown left little chance for skilled investigation . |
| 25 | There is also a special utility called a HAM Package for amateur radio enthusiasts , in which a user can enter a call sign and the position of the remote station will be marked on the map , together with the local time and location information . |
| 26 | There is also a special utility called a HAM Package for amateur radio enthusiasts , in which a user can enter a call sign and the position of the remote station will be marked on the map , together with the local time and location information . |
| 27 | An application for relief may be filed only within a reasonable time after the defendant has knowledge of the judgment . |
| 28 | By Luke 's own admission he saw her as shallow , someone interested only in a good time and a string of boyfriends . |
| 29 | The current values of units are published daily in the Financial Times and each year you will be sent a statement showing the progress of your Bond . |
| 30 | You will find the prevailing rate of interest shown daily in the Financial Times and on Prestel , and it is also displayed in all our branches . |