Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
| 2 | CHARLES and Diana will be together for a long time to come . |
| 3 | Michel thinks she will be in for a bad time when she realizes it . |
| 4 | On the other hand if you 've important business or vital meetings to attend you will be in for a tough time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Er I , I suppose yes they probably were expected to be in by a definite time . |
| 9 | I thought actually we had a standing order already that claims had to be in within a certain time limit |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | So Eddie knows the real Delia Forbes has gone away and wo n't be back for a long time … but so what ? ’ |
| 13 | The bond which had drawn them so close before Angel 's birth was strong and sometimes Sarah longed to be back for a brief time in that dilapidated house in Stone Alley , free of the sanctimonious atmosphere of the rectory , until she remembered Maggie was n't there any more either . |
| 14 | If I do it that way she 'll either refuse to go , or , if she does go , she 'll be back within a short time . ’ |
| 15 | It will be around for a long time . |
| 16 | She 'll be around for a long time yet . ’ |
| 17 | REGARDLESS of how much longer Norman Lamont survives at No 11 , his Budget will be around for a long time . |
| 18 | Of Records , Laurie Bruce writes : ‘ Many people are giving up records for cassettes or compact discs – a great mistake as records will be around for a long time to come . |
| 19 | Opposition Back-Bench Members have been questioning my right hon. and hon. Friends and myself on the basis that we shall be here for a long time , whereas Front-Bench spokesmen still nurse the occasional illusion . |
| 20 | So you did n't have to go there or be there at a certain time . |
| 21 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 22 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |