Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [art] [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ John Bryan was the surrogate father to them during a most impressionable time . |
| 2 | Then Lorne gazed at me for a very long time , in ripe candour . |
| 3 | Lorne gazed at me for a very long time again . |
| 4 | It was as if there was something out there — or perhaps several somethings — struggling to break free of a force that had held them for a very long time . |
| 5 | That last dangerous statement seemed to hang in the sunlit air between them for a very long time . |
| 6 | I have been a friend of your wonderful Rabbi and of many of you for a very long time . |
| 7 | She allowed her fingers to roam , her eyes tightly shut , her mind vividly picturing him as she had seen him for the very first time . |
| 8 | He said the care of the staff at Ipswich Hospital and Denise helped him through the most difficult time of his life . |
| 9 | ‘ As far as the grassroots are concerned we have got one , and I hope we have her for a very long time . ’ |
| 10 | Last night 's humiliating episode would be with her for a very long time . |
| 11 | And Anthea had become emotionally dependent on him in an alarmingly short time … |
| 12 | I 've wanted it for a very long time , and it will happen , I promise , but not now , not yet . ’ |
| 13 | We had the greatest difficulty in cleaning and recording it in the very limited time available , and in fact there was no time to draw it . |
| 14 | Not if he arranged it at the most awkward time of the year ? a little voice rejoined . |
| 15 | oh , I 've forgotten , you know my brain leaves me at the most important time , do n't forget to post that will you ? |
| 16 | Though these problems are a characteristic feature of modern life , they have been with us for a very long time . |
| 17 | Fashion and make-up have been with us for a very long time indeed — there are make-up palettes surviving from ancient Egypt — and although men in certain times and cultures may devote a lot of effort to their appearance , it has remained chiefly a feminine domain . |