Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a public sector organisation says that it will do something at a certain time , the customer wants that to happen . |
| 2 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 3 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 4 | What gives you this impression ? 6 The teacher set them to do something in a short time . |
| 5 | In the ordinary case , the breach of a promise to do something by a certain time can for practical purposes be remedied by the thing being done , even out of time … |
| 6 | If you 're going to complain , you have to do it within a reasonable time and in writing . |
| 7 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
| 8 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 9 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 10 | And we 're doing it in a second time . |
| 11 | The thing is they wo n't be going shopping , they wo n't be doing anything for a long time and she 's |