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 He said the care of the staff at Ipswich Hospital and Denise helped him through the most difficult time of his life .
8 ‘ As far as the grassroots are concerned we have got one , and I hope we have her for a very long time . ’
9 Last night 's humiliating episode would be with her for a very long time .
10 And Anthea had become emotionally dependent on him in an alarmingly short time
11 I 've wanted it for a very long time , and it will happen , I promise , but not now , not yet . ’
12 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 .
13 Not if he arranged it at the most awkward time of the year ? a little voice rejoined .
14 oh , I 've forgotten , you know my brain leaves me at the most important time , do n't forget to post that will you ?
15 Though these problems are a characteristic feature of modern life , they have been with us for a very long time .
16 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 .
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