Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [art] [adj] time [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'll run the same time as the Metro . |
| 2 | It , it 'll take a long time before it starts to buck up . |
| 3 | Now the trouble with fractions is if you do n't know your tables it can be you can work it out you could get there but it 'll take a long time if you do know your tables you just go , Yeah three fours are twelve . |
| 4 | Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought she 'd have a rougher time than she did , unlike some team members who were like bulls at a gate . |
| 6 | They were n't right for each other and maybe a marriage would last a shorter time than a more informal , less intense liaison ; brief and bitter , both of them on proximity fuses with things coming rapidly to a crunch , rather than something more drawn out , where they might spend long periods apart and so forget how much they hated being together , and enjoy the fleeting , passionate moments of reunion … |
| 7 | I think it will take a long time before I could go out on my own , ’ Mr Norrie added . |
| 8 | ‘ Even at these record levels of investment , it will mean a considerable time before the whole programme is completed , ’ said Transport Secretary John MacGregor . |