Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally .
2 ‘ You mean if he does n't show up at the right time the opportunity wo n't occur again ? ’
3 We want to give the children positive memories which they can draw on during the difficult times at home to build a better country .
4 It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline .
5 History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War .
6 The list could go on for a long time .
7 This is another list that could go on for a long time .
8 The argument will go on for a long time .
9 I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell .
10 But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear ,
11 It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’
12 The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time .
13 The alarm may go off at the wrong times and this can be very irritating but the fault can be capitalized on and the child encouraged to get up and go to the lavatory anyway .
14 So it was a case there , and course at the end of the day you rolled the little roll up , put elastic round and stood them up in a file and they stood there like little soldiers and you could always go back to the actual time , sometimes you found a man had n't re erm signed on , he 'd just gone and joined his bus up in town centre , well you , that was er subject of another letter .
15 But maybe ye 'll be different , ye just want a taste of the exotic life and then ye 'll go back to the big time . ’
16 so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time .
17 ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says .
18 I had no doubt they 'd turn up within a short time , so I went off duty .
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