Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 2 | We recommend that future project initiatives of this kind should give much more thought to the structures and procedures , both within project schools and at the level of overall planning and coordination which are required to ensure that initiatives are not confined to a particular time period or grant , and that the inservice implications of good practice resulting from the project are capitalised upon . |
| 3 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 4 | These were friends not seen for a long time , visited now because there was something to celebrate . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 6 | There is no necessary link between tense and time ; it is likely in this instance that the use of the present tense is not restricted to a particular time ( which is the time of the utterance ) but refers rather to a " general " present . |
| 7 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 8 | It was not created at a good time for ballet music and these scores are relentlessly trivial . |
| 9 | Anyway , we thought it would be suitably ironic and some sort of justice for having been booted off the Argent tour to cover that song , especially as Argent have not existed for a long time . |
| 10 | The difference of about two years is significant since , as I understand it , an application lapses if not implemented within a certain time . |
| 11 | If the transaction goes ahead in contravention of s320 , or if shareholder approval is not obtained within a reasonable time afterwards , the company may rescind the contract and recover any assets transferred under it . |
| 12 | If so an embargo can be employed to make sure that the material is not published before a certain time . |
| 13 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 14 | Now that 's an English expression I have n't heard in a long time . |
| 15 | And I know so many songs that it would be fun to go out there and say , ‘ Hey , man , do you remember this one ? ’ or , ‘ Here 's one you have n't heard in a long time . ' ’ |
| 16 | " You do n't know what your talking about , " Katherine began , experiencing a deep burning rage that she had n't felt for a long time , a rage all the more intense because she knew she could do nothing about it . |
| 17 | Kate has a sensitivity and a gentleness in her face that we have n't seen for a long time . ’ |
| 18 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 19 | ‘ I have hit shots this week I have n't seen in a long time . |
| 20 | There was an expression on her face I had n't seen in a long time . |
| 21 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 22 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 23 | Have n't done for a long time . |
| 24 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 25 | It 's the first time I 've actually , well cos I have n't sung for a long time . |
| 26 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |