Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 2 | His philosophy took a long time to be appreciated , partly because he never pushed his own work , which was subsequently overshadowed by that of Wittgenstein . |
| 3 | The other and main hospital providing radiology had a waiting time of up to nine weeks with no prospect of the additional staff needed to reduce this . |
| 4 | A month seemed a long time to him too . |
| 5 | The visitors ' early grip in midfield assured a testing time of it for the home defence , and they ought to have secured a greater half-time advantage than that supplied them by Mixu Paatelainen 's glorious second-minute header . |
| 6 | The sweet taste of this victory lingered a long time on the lips of Dublin dykes . |
| 7 | WHATEVER its origin , groundwater spends a long time in an aquifer . |
| 8 | The train stood a long time in Gloucester Road station , for no apparent reason . |
| 9 | Although their choice of dishes was less than adventurous — they all chose Britain 's favourite curry chicken tikka masala ( £6.25 with £1.60 pilau rice ) apart from Rosemary Lamont , who opted for lamb pasanda ( £6.10 ) — the foursome had a riotous time by all accounts . |
| 10 | While some data is yet to be confirmed , hardware had a bad time in 1992 . |
| 11 | The latter film has a playing time of twenty minutes . |
| 12 | The development of these skills is dependent on the young animal spending a considerable time in normal relationships with its own kind . |