Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 2 | We recommend that future project initiatives of this kind should give much more thought to the structures and procedures , both within project schools and at the level of overall planning and coordination which are required to ensure that initiatives are not confined to a particular time period or grant , and that the inservice implications of good practice resulting from the project are capitalised upon . |
| 3 | ‘ Lifetime ’ partners do not refer to a finite time period but to partners since first sexual intercourse ‘ so far ’ ; this may be the most inaccurate measure because of difficulties of recall , whereas discrepancies over shorter time intervals are much smaller . |
| 4 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 5 | These were friends not seen for a long time , visited now because there was something to celebrate . |
| 6 | Alternatively , he or she may have a self-imposed rule not to drink before a certain time of day or on particular days , weeks or months or even years . |
| 7 | Lions are strong but can not run for a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 9 | He simply hopes they will emerge of their own accord , and this may not happen for a considerable time . |
| 10 | There is no necessary link between tense and time ; it is likely in this instance that the use of the present tense is not restricted to a particular time ( which is the time of the utterance ) but refers rather to a " general " present . |
| 11 | One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time . |
| 12 | In this case , Lord Denning distinguished Bartlett v Sidney Marcus ( 1965 ) by explaining that if a car does not go for a reasonable time and the engine breaks up , this is evidence to show that the car was not fit for its purpose when sold . |
| 13 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 14 | Whatever the truth , the unwelcome publicity could not come at a worse time for Mercedes — just as it is launching its new top-of-the-range ‘ S ’ model after 12 years of development . |
| 15 | Newspaper reports on 12th March that the Bank of Ireland is to shed 600 of its staff over the coming years could not come at a worse time for the economy . |
| 16 | If Libya did not comply within a short time period , the USA , Britain and France would seek UN endorsement for sanctions . |
| 17 | It was not created at a good time for ballet music and these scores are relentlessly trivial . |
| 18 | Anyway , we thought it would be suitably ironic and some sort of justice for having been booted off the Argent tour to cover that song , especially as Argent have not existed for a long time . |
| 19 | Susie did not reply for a long time . |
| 20 | The difference of about two years is significant since , as I understand it , an application lapses if not implemented within a certain time . |
| 21 | If the transaction goes ahead in contravention of s320 , or if shareholder approval is not obtained within a reasonable time afterwards , the company may rescind the contract and recover any assets transferred under it . |
| 22 | If so an embargo can be employed to make sure that the material is not published before a certain time . |