Example sentences of "for a [adj] time [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the money remains unclaimed for a certain time it is returned to the finder . |
| 2 | And then er a and then after they had been in hay ricks for a long time they were brought up to the farm and built into a bigger stack , a bigger thing . |
| 3 | But as we said earlier that some of us who have been in the truth for a long time we were like that years ago , but somewhere along the line we 've become drowsy and a little sort of halfhearted and maybe dozing a little bit as we go down that sort of motorway er of spirituality and that , that the longer you go it can become more difficult because other things come along do n't they ? |
| 4 | But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway |
| 5 | For a long time he was obsessed by the image of them in bed together . |
| 6 | It is a house which has given rise to much aesthetic conjecture , and for a long time it was deemed to be the first seed of the modern movement in England , for it did not appear to be built in any revival style , but in a fresh new one . |
| 7 | For a long time it was known as Benjamins Mill , a name occasionally used today . |
| 8 | For a long time it was felt that having kiddies was the answer to a woman 's complete fulfilment . |
| 9 | For a long time it was thought that this Gospel was written by Matthew the Apostle . |
| 10 | For a long time it was assumed by archaeologists that here , too , the purpose was religious . |
| 11 | For a long time it was felt that Agrippa was the builder , and later that his portico had been reerected in the later building . |
| 12 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 13 | ‘ For a long time I was feeling really lonely and wondering what they were doing , ’ she said . |
| 14 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 15 | For a long time I was not exactly sure what I wanted from Project 81 . |
| 16 | For a long time I was afraid that he had survived the raids of the Khabiris on our last outposts in the north ; but an infantry captain who had known him managed to make his way back to the Southern Capital and contacted my steward . |
| 17 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 18 | If the lamp remains on for a longer time it is possible that the incorrect outer ( track ) connection to the rotary potentiometer VR2 has been used . |
| 19 | But again they were probably making use of much older tracks evolved for very different purposes For a short time they were important . |
| 20 | All we can say is that assurances were given , and that for a short time they were accepted as having been given in good faith ; but they were not honoured . |
| 21 | Sometimes an observant parent will notice something that will give us a clue ; after a child recovers from one of those high fevers that ‘ lay it very low ’ for a short time it is sometimes seen that the child is more ‘ well ’ than before it became ‘ ill ’ , provided the illness has not been inappropriately treated or interfered with in some way . |
| 22 | Whatever his standing with Catholics ( and for a short time it was high ) , he was set on a collision course with the representatives of traditional unionism and with no representative more so than Ian R. K. Paisley . |
| 23 | For a short time he was buried at Cambridge at the Military Cemetery , but since then I 've checked and he has been sent , his body sent back home . |
| 24 | For a short time I was completely clammed up with Marian because I had never been allowed to talk about myself with my wife . |