Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We suggested to the ministry a long time ago that they should find a flock with salmonella and test the eggs for salmonella . |
| 2 | One of the letters , to Val Hulme of ABC , said : ‘ I have met many innocent men inside this building of darkness , many who gave up the fight a long time ago . |
| 3 | I 'm gon na give the shepherd a rough time of it ! |
| 4 | I mean Tony 's been at the club a long time he 's expressed a wish to go erm his style and his age is probably just right to go on the continent , he 's twenty six years of age and er I would guess that his particular style wou possibly would be better suited to continental play than it is in England . |
| 5 | Any discomfort as a result of this will be mentally connected with pain and it will take the horse a long time to forget both physically and mentally . |
| 6 | The lamb he was after he saw now was a black and white one that had been sickly and Jack had kept in the lambing-shed a long time . |
| 7 | She waited on the landing a long time , hating the awful quietness and longing for them to start shouting again so that she would know everything was all right . |
| 8 | Jefferson has been in the business a long time and is no fool , is he ? ’ |
| 9 | He 's been in the business a long time but believe it or not this is the first time he 's been inside for over twenty years . |
| 10 | It had been suggested that the Regulations did not apply if a business purchaser arranged with the buyer to sack employees in the business a short time before it was sold . |
| 11 | MIDDLESBROUGH 'S success in being chosen Environment City has won the town a prime time slot on national radio . |
| 12 | I thought of the luxury we were enjoying ; our comfortable beds , baths , and motor cars , and then I recalled the ancient custom of giving a man selected for the sacrifice a royal time of it before the appointed day . |
| 13 | I usually do this as little as possible so that the children stay in the game a long time . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been in the game a long time and you do n't last forever . |
| 15 | I made it from old aluminium tent-poles , some of which I had found in the attic a long time previously and some I had got from the town dump . |
| 16 | The recession of the 1870s was shallow , but one that took the economy a long time to climb out of . |
| 17 | To make the appointment a full time one , perhaps encapsulating teams at all levels would require sponsorship to meet the necessary salary . |
| 18 | Children will enjoy seeing the chaos as Henry leads all the young animals out into the forest , where it takes the farmer a long time to catch them . |
| 19 | No telling us where I do n't know this one come but being a foreign driver I mean he he could have from anywhere in the country and he could have been on the road a long time . |
| 20 | Mr Young looked bored , as if he had tired of the subject a long time ago , but his wife retained her sweet comforting expression without any visible effort . |
| 21 | I know that the hon. Gentleman tabled an early-day motion on the subject a short time ago . |
| 22 | We are staying in what was the British part of the city a long time ago , and as you can imagine the ‘ British Imperialists ’ are not very popular here , but everyone is kind to us , and does n't mention such things . |
| 23 | Terry Terry we 've been keeping him waiting on the line a long time good morning Terry . |
| 24 | Thus if the chargee is entitled to payment on demand he is not required to give the company a reasonable time in which to raise the funds to make payment and is only required to give the company time in which to put into effect the mechanics of payment . |
| 25 | The health ministry could have ended the problem a long time ago — it 's one of the biggest scandals in public health at the moment . |
| 26 | The influence of a business contact or personal friend wins you over to new tactics making the weekend a crucial time in your future decisions and options . |
| 27 | They left in the utility a short time after darkness had fallen , and although little was said as they drove along the narrow , rough country road , Lucy felt that the silences between them were companionable . |
| 28 | Information from boreholes etc. had been collected by the Survey since its formation but the new Act made the task a full time job . |
| 29 | Of course , everyone knows you gave up your place at the helm a long time ago . |
| 30 | But is n't the middle of a recession a bad time to try and sell a business ? |