Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | When I asked Alison what qualities you need to be a marketing controller she said , ‘ you need to be able to establish immediate empathy with the people you are talking to as you may only have a short time to get the feedback you need . |
2 | For the other to remain other it must not derive its meaning from History but must instead have a separate time which differs from historical time . |
3 | It wo n't buy the rest of your life , but it 'll certainly fund a good time . |
4 | She could only stay a short time , but long enough to hear John thank her for the gift of her daughter . |
5 | This was a situation which could only last a short time before complete economic and social collapse ensued . |
6 | ‘ All this type of modern music that we play , if you think back to when it all started , whether it 's thrash , rap , disco , rock'n'roll , it all started with black people in slavery and poverty in the southern States , and about the only thing they could ever have a good time with was sex . |
7 | ‘ Of course with your looks you 'd probably have a marvellous time . |
8 | The innovation of Private Eye ensured that deference , if not quite dead , would henceforth have a hard time . |
9 | We shall further assume a sinusoidal time variation so that |
10 | A time should be prescribed for exercise of any option , though that could be extended by subsequent agreement and the court would readily imply a reasonable time if none were in fact specified . |
11 | In case the reader should think that this small book is about to offer the solution to this problem , let it be stated immediately that a complete integration of all these different disciplinary approaches to the investment decision will probably take a considerable time and much research effort by a range of researchers . |
12 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |