Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 3 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 4 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 5 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 6 | These molecules , the ultimate source of information about what is going on at a specific time in a particular cell , are extremely labile chemically ( for example , to traces of alkaline detergent in less than scrupulously clean glassware ) and enzymatically ( to the ubiquitous ribonuclease ) . |
| 7 | ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’ |
| 8 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 9 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 10 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Dutch elm disease is a terrible thing , ’ said Mr Molesworth , corning round for a second time . |
| 12 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 13 | I mean they , they both firmly saying they 're coming back on a full time basis , |
| 14 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 15 | He was the first Roman Catholic director-general of the BBC , taking over at a difficult time , when the Ulster issue was posing serious dilemmas for broadcasters as well as for politicians . |
| 16 | Straightening up for a second time , Anna thought Isobel looked more like a librarian than a deacon . |