Example sentences of "and [prep] a very [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report proved that she had known him very well indeed , and for a very long time . |
| 2 | There was an inevitable lack of interest when rabbit stocks fell after myxomatosis , and after a very short time there was a corresponding fall in the number of ferrets retained for sporting purposes . |
| 3 | She turned abruptly into the fitting-room and after a very short time reappeared , looking as perfect as if she had spent hours dressing instead of minutes . |
| 4 | ‘ You shall have both , ’ he promised , and within a very short time they were back in the blissfully cool hotel . |
| 5 | And in a very short time James Sayers had constructed a continuously pumped CW klystron operating at about 20 kV anode voltage . |
| 6 | The king had his attendants with him , and in a very short time they overpowered and killed Gowrie and his brother , whose bodies were hanged , drawn and quartered , the quarters being displayed at Edinburgh , Perth , Dundee and Stirling . |
| 7 | To her astonishment , he nodded curtly , and in a very short time they arrived at her flat . |
| 8 | Those behind ran into those in front , some tried to crowd past , and in a very short time the result was , as Nikos had forecast , a shambles . |
| 9 | They may not have thought of it as expertise , but when people said to me a particular ward is dirty , I went and looked at it , and in a very short time , within about ten minutes , that ward had got a massive clean-up team in there , that 's the sort of thing that I felt was useful . |