Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marilla thought for a long time . |
| 2 | And so it was all along the line , from Telnitz in the south , right the way to the Olmütz road , where the plain rose into the foothills of the mountains to the north ; and after he had disappeared into the tumult and light , neither Thiercelin nor Epitot spoke for a long time . |
| 3 | Paul Newman , older , of course , and Steve McQueen arrived in the big time , too . |
| 4 | Jesus reflected for a long time . |
| 5 | Andrus sat for a long time . |
| 6 | Mare covered at the wrong time . |
| 7 | Ghandi came at the right time , you know . |
| 8 | When Lyall left Upton Park , McGiven served for a short time at Chelsea as youth coach before reforming a partnership in Suffolk . |
| 9 | After leaving the magazine , Caroline worked for a short time in the Cardiff newsroom . |
| 10 | Senna struggled for a long time with what he later described as an undriveable car and he collided with Germany 's Michael Schumacher after 40 of the 72 laps . |
| 11 | Senna struggled for a long time with what he later described as an undriveable car and he collided with Germany 's Michael Schumacher after 40 of the 72 laps . |
| 12 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 13 | Viscount Nigel-Constantine and the elderly Bishop Hugh of Lisieux waited until the agreed time and took ship , with decorum and in an atmosphere of surprising goodwill . |
| 14 | ‘ Rohan felt for a long time — a tug of loyalty between his grandfather , and the de Rochefort family . |
| 15 | Delighted about Jim , apprehensive for Jasper , Alice lay for a long time awake in the silent room . |
| 16 | In his first policy statement as President , Nujoma on March 21 promised to redress the distortions of the apartheid economy , and appeared to assuage fears of the white minority and potential Western aid donors by rejecting the idea of large-scale nationalization , which SWAPO had for a long time held to be a cornerstone of its Marxist ideology . |
| 17 | Moran sat for a long time . |