Example sentences of "in [noun sg] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document . |
| 2 | The first 4 of these have been in existence for a long time . |
| 3 | They are generally operated on a fixed cycle , so that , when a known volume of water has passed through the plant , a valve is turned so as first to backwash the bed to cleanse the zeolite , and then to pass in brine for a fixed time to regenerate the material . |
| 4 | well those people have them in stock for a long time |
| 5 | I needed a break and a ticket to Corfu was the medicine I 'd had in mind for a considerable time . |
| 6 | Many tournaments ( as you emphasised ) , have been in place for a long time and often with the same people running them for decades . |
| 7 | Privately , senior party members claim women do not put themselves forward , are not up to the job and stress that most male MPs have been in place for a long time . |
| 8 | When releasing barn owls that have been in captivity for a long time , we keep them confined to the barn until we 're sure that they are going to adapt happily to their new surrounding . ( ) |
| 9 | Her daughter Jessica wrote a letter to the New York court saying : ‘ Please make Amy Fisher stay in jail for a long time so she ca n't hurt my mom again . ’ |
| 10 | So if you were on night duty , it was n't much use getting off early and going to bed for a couple of hours and then going to court — you might be engaged in court for a long time . |
| 11 | The fittings here also looked as if they had been in service for a long time — probably salvaged from a demolition site . |
| 12 | Schemes of the same kind were drawn up for the forests of Chute , Pickering and Knaresborough , and in the soke of Somersham within the forest of Huntingdon , which the Attorney-General reported ‘ had not been in use for a long time past . |
| 13 | It was after I had been deep in thought for a long time , stooped forward , that I looked up and saw Adrar , like the celestial city , its towers and palms floating on the mirage of a lake . |
| 14 | She seemed to lie in bed for a long time before falling asleep . |
| 15 | She lay ill in bed for a long time . |
| 16 | We 've been in love for a long time — well , I have anyway . ’ |
| 17 | We walked in silence for a long time . |
| 18 | He sat in silence for a long time . |
| 19 | Emilia lay in silence for a long time , biting her lip . |
| 20 | They hugged each other in silence for a long time . |
| 21 | He was in hospital for a long time with the doctors far from optimistic that he would recover . |
| 22 | There was a car crash , she died , he was in hospital for a long time and when he came out everything had changed . |
| 23 | After surgery , you could be in hospital for a considerable time — and if you were missing overtime pay or sales bonuses because you were unable to work , you could have financial difficulties . |
| 24 | Most patients can cope with unacknowledged grief and anxiety because they are in hospital for a short time . |
| 25 | Thomas 's mind has been in turmoil for a long time since that rejection . |
| 26 | Others do stay in care for a long time . |
| 27 | The best idea in shareware for a long time has been the production of colouring books for younger children . |
| 28 | Anyway erm the chap the first speaker was from Silent Night Bedding and they 're in dispute for a long time . |
| 29 | ‘ I daresay this knavish lot will be in power for a long time yet . |
| 30 | So it 's a pleasure really , I think it 's true , I think there are very many people who undermine and er undervalue the contribution made by people who have been in politics for a long time and I think what they also forget is the level of commitment that these people have put in over many many years . |