Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , we were together only a short time , and … ’ |
| 2 | But they were only there a short time . |
| 3 | He looked round them all as though none of them afforded him any surprise , though two of them did not belong here , and to his certain knowledge had been elsewhere only a short time ago . |
| 4 | But the problem is that this requires a teacher of genius ; and that a pupil has anyway only a brief time to get through work which has taken the lifetimes of many eminent predecessors : there must always be something artificial about heurism . |
| 5 | At the same time the detailed shape of the boundary is changing ; each bulge and indentation can be identified over only a limited time . |
| 6 | She miss you velly much a long time . |
| 7 | Not even a world-beating time . |
| 8 | Similarly , the Christmas period is usually not a good time to start with a puppy because your home is likely to be in turmoil , and you may have visitors . |
| 9 | but it was n't like a long thing but like I , the time that I spent with him was like quite a long time , like the evening , whatever , so he 'd get , and like it just used to be constant pauses , it used to be terrible and so we used to get off with each other like you pause for , for what |
| 10 | Typically , the Government have had the courage to concede by implication that they have lost confidence in what they legislated for so confidently just a short time ago . |
| 11 | She 's been up there a long time has n't she ? |
| 12 | In its simplest use , the computer sits in a corner and each child has an individual session with relevant material ; so inevitably only a short time would normally be available . |
| 13 | He had come as a student of farming to this dairy , thinking he would be here only a short time . |
| 14 | No that 's not I just thought to change a wash , cos I think they 've been on there rather a long time . |
| 15 | He stayed there only a short time before moving to Gloucestershire where he has been ever since . |
| 16 | She 's been up there quite a long time has n't she ? |
| 17 | And it was composed either only a short time after those events by someone who played a role in them , or more probably by someone with direct access to the testimony of an eyewitness . |
| 18 | When she woke again only a little time had passed . |
| 19 | He estimated it would take three days a week for nine months or so , but it turned out to be very much a full time job . |