Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
2 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
3 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
4 | HAYDN-LOVERS are in for a good time this autumn : coming up are the Haydn at Esterhaza concerts at the Wigmore Hall ( part of the Magyarok Britain Salutes Hungary Festival ) ; already on display is the Haydn and England exhibition at the British Library ; and just started is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 's QEH Haydn series concentrating on his late choral works . |
5 | We are in for a tough time . ’ |
6 | The gentlemen of the Pearl are taking off their jackets to fight the bid so the British insurer 's shareholders are in for an unpredictable time . |
7 | We 've been away for a long time . |
8 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
9 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
10 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
11 | The trapped feeling must have been because she had been indoors for a long time . |
12 | We 're in for a rough time , Marcus . |
13 | ‘ It looks as though we 're in for a tough time ! ’ |
14 | Otherwise , they 're in for a grim time of it . |
15 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
16 | Daisy had been back for a long time ; she looked white and pinched . |
17 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
18 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
19 | CHARLES and Diana will be together for a long time to come . |
20 | Ed was just like a one off and I 'm not forward any more at all and , you know , everyone thinks I am you know and Pete thought right I 'm in for a good time here , you know , I can probably get her you know , and so Charlie would have to carry out his part . |
21 | Michel thinks she will be in for a bad time when she realizes it . |
22 | On the other hand if you 've important business or vital meetings to attend you will be in for a tough time . |
23 | You had to be in at a certain time you know , you had very standard cuisine , it was , it had become if you like , ridiculed in jokes and things of this nature . |
24 | To come somewhere like this would have been better , somewhere where I had to be in at a certain time , where I could n't have certain people come in . |
25 | As every girl has her own individual subjects , the teaching is on a one-to-one basis , and each has cards showing her particular set work which has to be in at a certain time . |
26 | Er I , I suppose yes they probably were expected to be in by a definite time . |
27 | I thought actually we had a standing order already that claims had to be in within a certain time limit |
28 | So far as I can see , unless there are fundamental changes in the British economy , the recession ai n't going to be over for a considerable time because the economy is in such a state . |
29 | A group of young teenage girls once admitted to me that although they frequently complained because their parents insisted that they should be home by a certain time , they recognized that the deadline gave them a useful excuse for not getting out of their depth . |
30 | So Eddie knows the real Delia Forbes has gone away and wo n't be back for a long time … but so what ? ’ |