Example sentences of "a [adj] time [coord] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Developing a single European currency will take a long time but it will make the most significant contribution to European , and therefore world , financial stability . |
| 2 | He was on the dole for a long time and he used to just eat mashed potato and things like that . ’ |
| 3 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
| 4 | And maybe , she thought , if I 'm lucky he 'll be away a long time and I 'll meet an interesting man . |
| 5 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I lived in America for a long time and I can see through the glossy image-making of his campaign , I think . |
| 8 | It 's a hectic time and you 'll need help and advice along the way . |
| 9 | If this is not done a disillusioned employee may well leave after a short time and you will have to repeat the expensive and disruptive process of interviewing all over again . |
| 10 | It was a quiet time and I would sit these fellows down for half an hour and take them through what they were doing . |