Example sentences of "[noun] for [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shock waves caused by the resignation of ALAN PHILLIPS as Cardiff coach could be rippling around the Arms Park for quite some time . |
| 2 | The excess will remain in the buyer 's warehouse for quite some time , tying up his capital and his storage space . |
| 3 | SAAB has produced the first pictures of its first new car for quite some time , the new-look 900 . |
| 4 | Ximena , who survived him by fifteen years , held Valencia for only short time . |
| 5 | They 'll often put up with dripping taps and wobbly shelves for quite some time before being motivated to fix them . |
| 6 | It was early in the season yet , and he probably had long periods of inactivity to fill up between visitors ; but he was not going to be left at leisure for long this time , for in the gravelled car park outside the enclosure a large bus was just disgorging a load of loud and active schoolboys , shepherded by a frantic youth hardly older than the eldest of his charges . |
| 7 | Atomstyle has been supplying the various bits for building PCs to dealers for quite some time by now , and so the cases and motherboards it supplies fit together really well . |
| 8 | It is not an expensive piece of kit by anyone 's standards , but mine has given sterling service for quite some time , and there 's another one in the cupboard waiting its turn to get plugged in when I 've killed the one on my machine . |
| 9 | And he looks like remaining the only two- and four-wheeled world champion for quite some time … unless Joey Dunlop , Eddie Lawson or Wayne Gardner have other ideas ! |
| 10 | Disk Compression/doubling — there have been rumours flying around about this facility for quite some time . |
| 11 | A library of side-on film has existed in Australia for quite some time , but this study is pioneering the development of the 3D image . |
| 12 | The ‘ Santa Specials ’ are the first to be arranged for the British Rail main line in the area for quite some time , and a first for the North Warwickshire Line between Hall Green and the Shakespearean town of Stratford-upon-Avon . |
| 13 | Erm secondly , I 'm not a statistician , I am unable to comment about all the technicalities of the the various assumptions that go into things but some of the people sitting around this table will know that I 've been in Yorkshire and Humberside for quite some time . |
| 14 | The eerie lights would hang in the air for quite some time then the mortars came over to burst at the edge of the wood . |
| 15 | It 's been happening all over the world for quite some time . ’ |
| 16 | We 've been working on the project for quite some time . |
| 17 | 3.10:TOP weight Shoon Wind has not shown his best form for quite some time , while recent Sedgefield second Galadine is nothing special . |
| 18 | CINOA , as international union of national associations of art dealers has been dealing with these issues for quite some time , albeit with modest success . |
| 19 | Pip falls instantly in love with her and remains this way for quite some time . |
| 20 | It 's not the most efficient of systems , so Mr Nabakov has been considering a move over to a suitable ledger system for quite some time , and is in the process of introducing Platinum , a US package recently released in Britain ( see suppliers panel ) . |
| 21 | We stayed at John Bannon 's Hotel in Manali Orchards for rather more time than we had intended . |
| 22 | But they say : ‘ It seems the in-patient service , which was at the heart of the Leukaemia Unit Fund appeal , will not be provided in the new unit for quite some time . ’ |
| 23 | It seems that the in-patient service , which was at the heart of the Leukaemia Unit Fund Appeal , will not be proved in the new unit for quite some time . |
| 24 | In his attempt to construct a model of the molecule , given the valencies of these two elements , there was no obvious way that the twelve atoms could be arranged into a conventional chain , and he had been wrestling with the problem for quite some time . |
| 25 | ‘ Actually , I 'd been hanging around the street for quite some time . |
| 26 | GTF have been successfully running popular day-trips to Colditz castle for quite some time . |