Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others need precise daily rations of sunlight that change with the seasons if they are to start flowering at a particular time . |
| 2 | This is one of the best new recordings of Honegger 's music to have appeared for a long time . |
| 3 | Also , habitation only seems to have lasted for a short time , and Aggersborg may never have been finished . |
| 4 | Certainly , a residence requirement which consisted of a requirement to have resided for a certain time in the country before a self-employed occupation could be taken up would involve covert discrimination , because it would be satisfied virtually automatically by nationals and would therefore affect nationals of other member states , if not exclusively , at least chiefly . |
| 5 | ‘ You see , we had n't intended to get married for a long time yet — there being so many drawbacks , ’ she began . |
| 6 | Concern grew when they failed to return to base at an agreed time , after delivering aid to the besiged town of Travnik . |