Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 32 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 33 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 34 | This went on for a long time . |
| 35 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 36 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 37 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 38 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 39 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 40 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 41 | She had to leave the floor , they had to walk , that 's right , they had to walk on the concrete floor without tiles on for a long time |
| 42 | Infra-red detectors are very effective devices — they react to body heat , and will leave lights on for a predetermined time after they first sense body heat . |
| 43 | The only exception is the sort of heat fault that makes a machine malfunction after it has been switched on for a given time or when the room warms up . |
| 44 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 45 | The light will be left on for the whole time . |
| 46 | You often find that erm television with sex and everything , they always put it on after a certain time for children go to bed . |
| 47 | 85% of the woodland area is dominated by mature trees , indicating that grazing has been heavy enough for a long time to Prevent sapling recruitment . |
| 48 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 49 | Yes , yes , he was a poor little sole all the way through was n't , but , erm , she does n't sort of tell you much about the good times at the end |
| 50 | In the exercise of that right the landlord may exclude the tenant from occupation , but only for a reasonable time , and only if to do so is essential for the execution of the work ( McGreal v Wake ( 1984 ) 269 EG 1254 ) . |
| 51 | A worker-directed study conducted in the mid-1970s considered as temporary workers all who had a job which was available only for a limited time and all who were themselves available for their jobs for only a limited period of time . |
| 52 | It is at the larva stage of their development when boring and feeding of the grubs takes place that the damage is caused because the adult beetles do not eat and they live only for a short time . |
| 53 | Mungo could not explain why but he felt a sense of release at being out of the village , if only for a short time . |
| 54 | Some diets are not successful at all but some are , even if only for a short time . |
| 55 | These mines were frequently tiny operations , perhaps run by families which might work an area only for a short time . |
| 56 | However he remained with the Wellington unit only for a short time before being posted to Control Office duties at Luqa . |
| 57 | ‘ That was the only time we kept something from her and even then it was only for a short time , ’ says Mike . |
| 58 | His new civility did not last , but , as Daisy Yates remarked one day in the following week , it had been pleasant not to have such a right little God Almighty in Cas. , if only for a short time . |
| 59 | But … but , as Mama said , as long as we kept it clean and it was only for a short time … |
| 60 | Well , of course this option must be open , but the needs of the women who choose to stay at home , if only for a short time , can not be ignored . |