Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 2 | Similarly , it is understandable that a landlord will wish to ensure that the tenant 's works are completed within a reasonable time . |
| 3 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 4 | He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time . |
| 5 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 6 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 7 | So yes the answer to the question is yes there is a budget there is a budget and we need to do things now one of the problems could be the budget is n't sufficient to cover all that needs doing so I think you 'll find that the building been built at a certain time there a comes a time you 've got plan a maintenance programme which we have things need to be done . |
| 8 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 9 | Finally , the most convincing evidence for residual function in animals comes from studies using very coarse stimuli that are presented for a long time . |
| 10 | We are living in a remarkable time , when the conflict of opinions renders a firm foundation of knowledge indispensable … |
| 11 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 12 | ‘ They all looked as though they 'd been written at a different time from the rest of the notes on the cards . |
| 13 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 14 | Erm you 've got this , this business of threatening to attack the Serbian guns erm involves of course the decisions of individual governments whether or not they 're prepared to allow their forces to be involved , in the case of the British whether you 're going to allow your forces to get involved in it or not , but in international terms it involves both NATO , which has now passed a resolution saying unless certain conditions are met by a certain time , then there will be bombing of the Serbian positions but the people on the ground , whether they originally came from France or the Ukraine or from Britain , are in fact under the blue beret of the United Nations and the United Nations and NATO are not altogether , they 're not precisely together on this issue . |
| 15 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 16 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |
| 17 | I know you 're going through a bad time , but my main concern is Maureen . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm sure that if he had said something he never have betrayed the pain he had been guarding for a long time . |
| 19 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's been going on a long time , Elaine . |
| 21 | because it 's been going on a long time . |
| 22 | But it was I mean you have to admit erm and I 'm I 'll bring Mr Power in and let him speak for himself , but you have to admit that it from what we 've just heard , it started in nineteen seventy four , it 's been going on a long time . |
| 23 | But after plunging towards the relegation zone with just four points from the previous 21 , he admitted : ‘ We have been going through a bad time and We needed this win . ’ |
| 24 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 25 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |
| 26 | which again has been used for a long time on animals . |
| 27 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 28 | Some ore was so intermixed with gangue however , that the concentration by hand was extremely laborious and the mill must have been needed for a long time . |
| 29 | I think it 's been closed for a long time actually . |
| 30 | Blockbusters are going through a terrible time , and I had no desire to add to the misery . |