Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
2 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
3 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
4 | We 've been away for a long time . |
5 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
6 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
7 | The trapped feeling must have been because she had been indoors for a long time . |
8 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
9 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
10 | CHARLES and Diana will be together for a long time to come . |
11 | A group of young teenage girls once admitted to me that although they frequently complained because their parents insisted that they should be home by a certain time , they recognized that the deadline gave them a useful excuse for not getting out of their depth . |
12 | Opposition Back-Bench Members have been questioning my right hon. and hon. Friends and myself on the basis that we shall be here for a long time , whereas Front-Bench spokesmen still nurse the occasional illusion . |
13 | So you did n't have to go there or be there at a certain time . |
14 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
15 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
16 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
17 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
18 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
19 | ‘ We are here for a good time , it is n't a crusade , but we want to win , ’ said Masters champion Couples . |
20 | And Couples warned : ‘ We are here for a good time , but we want to win . |
21 | She felt as if she were not really there , as if she had not really been there for a long time . |
22 | He told me he had been there for a long time dying . |
23 | Er although most people think it 's been there for a long time , it has n't . |
24 | The social dimension of the Community has been there for a long time . |
25 | " Signs of a coming plateau have been there for a long time and are now getting better and better " , according to independent consultant Richard Kimberlin . |
26 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
27 | It 's their intention to leave the boat station there , but as a boat hiring station only , and to let rent that to somebody , not to have boat building enterprises , not to have a car park , not to have a chandlery and so on which was put there by the person whose who used to own it , and we will recoup all of that money from renting that boat station so it can be run as a boat hiring station again , and from three or four of the moorings that are will have been there for a long time , with proper permission . |
28 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
29 | Er what sort of relationship did you have with with the men , did you er particularly thinking that you you were still for a long time after that , the the branch secretary of the union as well you know . |
30 | ‘ We 've been apart for a long time . |