Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
2 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
3 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
4 | ‘ The letters are the firms , the numbers are the prices in pence of a typical Alpha stock and the volumes they are prepared to deal in at a particular time . |
5 | If you want information to go out at a specific time , time it very carefully , and just bung it out , as it were , and , and reckon it 's there at that stage . |
6 | Provided we take enough water with us there 's no reason why we should n't be able to hold out for a considerable time in the banqueting hall , which is in a far better situation for defence … and let me remind you that with every passing day , relief comes nearer … perhaps as much as twenty miles nearer with every day 's march … |
7 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
8 | But there always remains still one point of complaint by some members of the public , that is that the grass that 's cut does tend to blow about , but if the cutting is frequent , there 's less grass t to blow about at a given time . |
9 | but we obviously have to cut off at a certain time to er get the accounts and audited in time . |