Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
2 | So yes the answer to the question is yes there is a budget there is a budget and we need to do things now one of the problems could be the budget is n't sufficient to cover all that needs doing so I think you 'll find that the building been built at a certain time there a comes a time you 've got plan a maintenance programme which we have things need to be done . |
3 | If the long and complex passage of Athenaeus 6 ( 273a–275b ) , which Felix Jacoby gives as fragment 59 , can be considered a trustworthy summary of Posidonius ' views about Roman civilization , two features emerge : ( a ) the Romans preserved for a long time their extreme simplicity of life ; ( b ) in that long period they learnt many techniques from various foreigners ( Greeks , Etruscans , Samnites and Iberians ) and their constitutional principles from the Spartans . |
4 | why , that 's what the problem you 've spoken for a long time you just know it , but you do n't know why you use that way , you just do that way . |
5 | Some young people in care have voiced for a long time their preference for residential rather than fostering care ( Page and Clark , 1977 ) . |
6 | Archbishop Eames said : ‘ I have believed for a long time there is a crying need for the Churches to examine the problem of sectarianism in depth . |