Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you should divorce for a second time , you can claim on your second husband 's contribution record only . |
| 2 | But ‘ real ’ memory must last for a longer time than such short-term effects as habituation and sensitization , and must show greater specificity . |
| 3 | Second , as regards durability , the goods should last for a reasonable time and any breach should be regarded as occurring at the time of supply rather than when the lack of durability became apparent . |
| 4 | When the Ottoman empire declared war on a foreign state its unfortunate representative in Constantinople was very often immediately thrown into the Seven Towers prison there , where he might stay for a considerable time . |
| 5 | Does n't matter I mean , it 'll go for a long time you know . |
| 6 | Your Uncle Walter 'll go on a long time yet , you see . ’ |
| 7 | That might seem like a long time , but the issues have clearly been complex , and have been progressed as quickly as possible not least through vigourous prodding by the D O E , keen to see approval of a long term development strategy for Greater York and more importantly , a statutory definition of the York gre greenbelt . |
| 8 | THE Queen might last for a considerable time but people are going to be questioning the role of the monarchy more and more . |
| 9 | Well they 'll last for a long time |
| 10 | Usually parents are permitted to stop using the alarm if the child has had fourteen to twenty-one dry nights , but need to be warned that the child may relapse for a short time . |
| 11 | Innovation may occur after a considerable time interval from invention . |
| 12 | A speed which , once it had lumbered up to it , it could maintain for a long time . |
| 13 | any motor vehicle standing on a part of a road specially set aside for the parking of vehicles , or as a stand for hackney carriages , or as a stand for public service vehicles , or as a place at which such vehicles may stop for a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers where compliance with this regulation would conflict with the provisions of any order , regulations or byelaws governing the use of such part of a road for that purpose ; |
| 14 | So they ought to arrive after a certain time . |
| 15 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
| 16 | He would gaze for a long time and , when Gabriel had finished his tasks , would settle again until the ghost reinforced itself somewhere else a few days later . |
| 17 | The difference was that until 1688 loans had been made directly to the King : he ran the government as an extension of his private household and , although he was the richest individual in the country , he was in many ways just a private borrower like any other and a prudent lender would not trust him with a loan that would run for a long time . |
| 18 | He would n't have time to save himself ; the splash as he entered the stream would be the most satisfying sound she would hear in a long time . |
| 19 | At the most he could try to plead some implied term into the contract that the goods would last for a reasonable time after delivery to allow him a reasonable period of trouble-free use . |
| 20 | Always ready to look on the bright side she expected that the remission would last for a long time , and there was a conspiracy between Maureen and her mother to conceal Julia 's suffering from her . |
| 21 | The promised escalation in activity outside the factory may come at a crucial time for the company , according to Mr Kydd . |
| 22 | In Romania the legacy of the late President Ceausescu 's National Stalinism' will persist for a considerable time and the directions of change can not easily be predicted . |
| 23 | Memories of the last will linger for a long time to come . |
| 24 | Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue . |
| 25 | At the latest within three years from the start of the second phase , the Commission and the Council of the monetary institution would report … on the functioning of the second phase and in particular on the progress made in real convergence , in order to prepare the decision concerning the passage to the third phase , which will occur within a reasonable time … |
| 26 | But for most of the workforce this price is relatively high and short-lived ; money will motivate for a short time especially if it is a potentially large sum of money ( e.g. football pools , lotteries , gambling ) . |
| 27 | The watertable may rise when there is very heavy rain , perhaps to the height of the upper passage and its cavern where the stream will flow for a short time , making that passage just a little larger . |
| 28 | But apart from limited mineral resources and abundant meat , Kyrgyzstan will struggle for a long time . |
| 29 | This means that if one tries to take an ‘ essential section ’ there is no essence revealed which is the present of each level ; indeed the break valid for one history would not necessarily correspond to that valid for any other which will live in a different time and in a different rhythm . |
| 30 | It seems doubtful that any strong moral reaction can now set in although some backlash is already evident ; a dissident minority and a good many of the elderly will continue for a long time to object to what they see as moral decay . |