Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time , ’ he told the ever-comforting Jones , ‘ and shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 4 | It might well give her a better perspective on things if she could get right away for a short time . |
| 5 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
| 6 | An article will be published in the C.B News asking for assistance , not necessarily on a full time , regular basis . |
| 7 | She asked for any qualified teacher interested in assisting with training — not necessarily on a full time basis — but willing to sit in and observe and become involved generally — perhaps you have a special knowledge and/or interest in Music — Dance — Anatomy — Etc or would like to know more about training and the role of the trainer . |
| 8 | THREE-quarters of the track including half the through lines , the semaphore signals , the last vestiges of freight facilities and the last of the men who used proudly to work for the old railway company have gone , yet the long-distance service is faster , more frequent and above all better used than at any time in railway history , and the number of passengers passing through probably at an all time high . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | The Government have offered the excuse that that happened under a Labour Government in 1977 , as if it was right to continue to do something that was done once before for a short time . |
| 11 | It means so much to the supporters in the Oxford area , it means so much to the club , I think you 've really got to be up here for a long time to realise just how much it does mean to everybody in this area . |
| 12 | What right did he have to come back into her life like this , trying to shatter it into little pieces that could n't be put back together for a second time ? |
| 13 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 14 | In this way a carcass can draw vultures from far away in a short time . |
| 15 | Not only that ; that 's where they get their instructions , because sometimes some of them go out again for a second time to take part in another incident . |
| 16 | It was a leafy place ; professional people , merchants , senior civil servants had lived around here for a long time . |
| 17 | Sometimes the virus stays there quietly for a long time and the person stays well . |
| 18 | Before very long on a planetary time scale the surface temperatures would reach Cytherean values . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |