Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upward spiral on which film budgets were set suggests that Rank might have had to go on losing money for a long time before hitting on a way to achieve a steady supply of sellable films . |
| 2 | Such a process has been taking place for a long time . |
| 3 | Ibrahim Bu Shanna , reaching maturity at a propitious time , had opportunities to achieve success in trade denied to his elder brother , who grew up during the war : the elder brother was a gardener , who lived subordinate in every way except the symbolic to Ibrahim , a successful wholesaler . |
| 4 | consignee not taking or accepting delivery within a reasonable time after the Consignment has been tendered . |
| 5 | consignee not taking or accepting delivery within a reasonable time |
| 6 | Other methods of stimulating volume might include controlling trading hours ( by concentrating liquidity in a particular time frame , as on the metal and cocoa rings ) or by lengthening the hours , to attract business from other time zones . |
| 7 | By contrast the larger class-D animals , living on grasslands where rainfall varies , are less selective and so long as they do not crop the grass too close many animals can cover the same foraging area in a short time . |