Example sentences of "that [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Masked by the cold war , it has in practice fulfilled that function for a long time . |
| 2 | I stood in front of that fence for a long time , trying to reconstruct the presence of that massive Victorian red sandstone building in which I had spent nearly five sevenths of my life for thirty years . |
| 3 | ( 6 ) It is for the person who owed any duty under subsection ( 3 ) above — ( a ) if he gave consent and the question arises whether he gave it within a reasonable time , to show that he did , ( b ) if he gave consent subject to any condition and the question arises whether the condition was a reasonable condition , to show that it was , ( c ) if he did not give consent and the question arises whether it was reasonable for him not to do so , to show that it was reasonable , and , if the question arises whether he served notice under that subsection within a reasonable time , to show that he did . |
| 4 | So we 've had that law for a long time . |
| 5 | I had been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , he typed , as Harsnet had written . |
| 6 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 7 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ It jolted me into making the decision to quit , but I 'd been moving that way for a long time . |
| 9 | In Lambert v. Lewis ( 1981 H.L. ) Lord Diplock said that the condition of fitness for purpose was a continuing obligation ‘ that the goods will continue to be fit for that purpose for a reasonable time after delivery , so long as they remain in the same apparent state and condition as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . ’ |
| 10 | A vertical thread on the chart showed the actual number of vehicles which had been completed to that stage at a given time . |