Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [adv] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since she 'd considered herself relatively fit , she was disconcerted when her muscles began aching after just a short time . |
| 2 | She thought she was peaking at just the right time for her battle of the sexes match with Jimmy Connors scheduled for Las Vegas on September 24 with a 500,000 dollar first prize . |
| 3 | Felling at precisely the right time , possibly a tall order for the commission , the UK 's largest timber producer with 900,000 hectares of forest valued at £2.8 billion , could add 15 per cent to timber value , according to the audit office . |
| 4 | The toy that I remember lasting for quite a long time was a beautifully made wooden engine with its tender and two trucks . |
| 5 | whatever replaces R three and R three , and R three will have a product line for seven or eight years , we 're talking about quite a long time away . |
| 6 | This adds a bit of fun to the proceedings , but the same questions crop up repetitively , so its quite easy to cheat by remembering the answers after playing for only a short time . |
| 7 | Full employment , competition between employers for labour and high levels of labour turnover might mean that many people are working for only a short time in any particular job . |