Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monsieur Mitterand has already said that he 's going to seek to drive a harder bargain with Britain over fishing limits even than President Giscard was trying to do , and I think our negotiators must expect a rather tough time as far as fisheries are concerned . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'll wait a very long time to do that , ’ he gritted . |
| 3 | You know , as we sit back and just wait for God to bless us we 'll wait an awful long time . |
| 4 | But I 'll need a little more time . ’ |
| 5 | Rhodes is a truly international resort , attracting good-timers from all over Europe with a unique atmosphere which combines tradition and excitement — you 'll have a colossally good time ! |
| 6 | So that eventually we 'll find a mutually agreeable time . |
| 7 | You could spend a very long time , trying to understand that woman . " |
| 8 | Yes , I think I mean if one goes into corruption one could spend an awful long time . |
| 9 | So I thought we could have a really good time as well , yeah ? ’ |
| 10 | This may mean that a file which operates well under normal conditions , i.e. many home records being accessed but few synonyms , may take a relatively long time to process sequentially . |
| 11 | However desirable this might be , in a highly complex and differentiated society such as ours this undertaking would need a very long time given our present methods , resources and interests . |
| 12 | I think she would have a very hard time providing leadership , especially now that she is being perceived as more beholden to Washington than to the Filipino people . " |
| 13 | It would take a very long time to implement and would be very costly . |
| 14 | The Gaullist conception of state broadcasting would prove an unconscionably long time in dying-in May 1986 Communications Minister Léotard still referred to the need to reduce state control — ‘ la desétatisation de l'audiovisuel ’ . |
| 15 | At the end of each week , which we suggest is a Saturday , you will need a little extra time to review your progress , and work out your weight loss for that week . |
| 16 | We can assume that in a normal working session a lexicographer will spend a relatively long time thinking as opposed to manipulating text . |
| 17 | In a commando unit you will have a very active time . |
| 18 | It is obvious that the breed clubs will have a very difficult time in the next decade . |
| 19 | If you have players who are obsessed with mapping detail , they will have a very tough time inside the Castle , but in describing the outside of it , when their characters seem to see slight differences each time they look at the buildings , add the disorientating detail that the characters can not remember exactly what the Castle looked like at any time prior to the present moment . |
| 20 | In this book , I describe and explain these activities and although I can not claim that this is a comprehensive guide to parties — such a task would be virtually impossible ! — I do know that , if you follow my advice , your children and their friends will have a really enjoyable time ! |
| 21 | As well as providing a different type of course for our Members , this will help to reduce the workload for the Trainers — who will have an especially busy time in our 40th Anniversary year . |
| 22 | Cooking will take a little less time than with Method 1 . ’ |
| 23 | Only when the conditions mature for the wide use of mechanical farming for the organization of collective farms and for the socialist reform of rural areas er can the need for a rich peasant economy cease and this will take a somewhat lengthy time to achieve . |
| 24 | ‘ It will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer . |
| 25 | Of course , that will take a very long time indeed . |
| 26 | The move towards economic sanctions is necessary , unfortunately , but sanctions will take a very long time to work . |
| 27 | New trees are being planted but it will take a very long time to repair the damage . |
| 28 | Du n no people have said like that will last a really short time or a really long time , but what 's considered a short time I know what a long time is , a long time is like sort of four months three sort of four months onwards in n it for like people our age , what would a short time be they ? |
| 29 | Litigation , on the other hand , can take a very long time . |
| 30 | However , this can take a very long time to accomplish — some flyers never manage it — and will bring you closer and closer to the next stage to be conquered — the nose-in hover . |