Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Darkfall storm had been building for quite some time , generating itself , growing stronger . |
| 2 | For example , no further summit meetings were arranged for quite some time , and the notion of regular summits had to wait until 1974 . |
| 3 | I would say this is probably one of the most significant police/customs joint operations that we 've er undertaken for quite some time . |
| 4 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
| 5 | It had been prepared for quite some time and the brunt of it was against the Serbs , ’ said Col Jovanovic . |
| 6 | As competitors and spectators sat in the sunshine on the Royal Canoe Club 's lawn at the finish , slowly unwinding and chatting to friends , some of whom had not been seen for quite some time , the atmosphere was a mixture of international competition and relaxed gentility . |
| 7 | Numbers 420 and 427 have not been used for quite some time and will be sold by the MOD as surplus to requirements , perhaps to be purchased by some preserved railway ? |
| 8 | Having talked for quite some time about his own maturation as a screenplay writer , Sixsmith said , ‘ Now . |
| 9 | Oh it had been going for quite some time , I do n't know really when they would start . |
| 10 | Yeah , basically it 's always been but it has n't been enforced for quite some time , that the clean up rate is four pounds and hour which equates to six pound an hour on a Saturday . |
| 11 | However , it can occur at almost any time from the making of the contract onwards — perhaps months or years later . |
| 12 | Income support is the main source of state social security for non-employed lone mothers and most lone mothers will spend at least some time , and often lengthy periods , in receipt of income support . |
| 13 | ‘ I intended it to last for longer this time , meu amor , ’ he said unevenly , ‘ much longer , but I 'm wild with wanting you and I 'm sorry but I ca n't — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Something I 've been wanting to do for quite some time . |
| 15 | Sometimes you 're called in that many times in the , I mean , they put the phone down y , on you , do you know what I mean , and it 's actually getting to speak to the person is just a total shock . |
| 16 | We are all familiar with quantative overload ( too much to do in too little time ) , but for those involved in credit there is also the stress caused by having to cope with an environment where , very often , the credit function is not understood and usually underfunded . |
| 17 | We had to go in there several times when I was little and mother was sick , and they 'd never let us stay together , so anything could have happened . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , it 's all right , ’ as she registered the look of shock in Lindsey 's eyes , ‘ I 've known for quite some time . |
| 19 | It was all she was capable of saying for quite some time , for he had captured her lips again and was kissing her with a deeper intensity . |
| 20 | It was also stated that a ‘ scam ’ had been running for quite some time prior to the defendants ' involvement . |
| 21 | There is no reason why it could n't have been invented at almost any time in the previous century — it used no new scientific knowledge , no new materials , and no new technology . |
| 22 | I 'm going tomorrow morning there anyway cos Roy 's just given me a call , they 've got some problems with screw support bearings locking up , but er I 'll go over there some time |
| 23 | Well if you have the footnote bible like I 've got here , you look down the bottom and speaks about those who are beggars , beggars for the spirit and just at the bottom of our road where we live er there 's a little area there which quite busy and er there 's a man who parades up and down there daily , he 's there nonstop every day of the week , you can go by there any time , any day and he 's there begging and he has no shame at all , and if you refuse him once he 'll catch you another day and he 'll ask you again , and you 'll see him there backwards and forwards and he 'll even when the traffic lights turn red |
| 24 | Those are the Saw Doctors interesting this about the Saw Doctors is one of them won the lottery in Ireland I do n't they have a lottery we 're go when are we going to get a national lottery that 's what I want to know when are we going to get it a national next year we 're going to get a national lottery that 's right and one of the Saw Doctors won the national lottery and he won three quarters of a million pounds er and they have n't made much money the Saw Doctors but he won three quarters of a million pounds so that have n't worked for quite some time but they are back on the scene as I speak and er they really if if they er come to York they 're certainly worth seeing . |
| 25 | They had stood talking for quite some time , each of them perhaps slightly the worse for wear , and then she had invited him up to her North Oxford home for a night-cap . |
| 26 | Several layers of old paint on an exterior door were removed in substantially less time than with a set-speed budget rival . |
| 27 | ‘ It would be extremely sad to see this railway go to the wall , after so many volunteers have put in so much time and money to keep steam travel alive in Hampshire . ’ |
| 28 | Also , a hotel room would remind her of that first night they had spent together ; what happened then had been repeated by now many times . |
| 29 | The view that certain types of fiction occupy a mediatory position between the ‘ reality ’ of a cultural heritage and contemporary ‘ true ’ accounts of it elevates these texts to a status which the novel has not held for quite some time . |