Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 2 | The three Corporals had a dull time in Lille and would often invite prostitutes in from the town to cheer up their afternoons . |
| 3 | One group spent a long time comparing the different notes or tones produced when tubes of different width and length were blown or spoken down . |
| 4 | Thurow 's ( 1984 ) investigation of a conglomerate with thirty subsidiaries revealed an average time horizon of 2.8 years , hardly adequate for planning investments in processes with lifespans covering several product-generations ! |
| 5 | He believed that it was possible to " foresee this war of positions between the two Spains lasting a long time " , unless there occurred " the intervention of internal political factors ( revolution in one of the two Spains ) or external political factors ( mediation or a more active form of intervention by the Powers ) " . |
| 6 | Those seven miles took a long time , but we worked a few things out . |