Example sentences of "[verb] for an [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will have to weigh it again once it is stuffed for an exact time . |
| 2 | He seemed to have been moving for an immeasurable time . |
| 3 | the affairs of the target company are not to be hindered for an unreasonable time |
| 4 | In the classical theory of gravity , which is based on real space-time , there are only two possible ways the universe can behave : either it has existed for an infinite time , or else it had a beginning at a singularity at some finite time in the past . |
| 5 | He had made a detour to a cafe where he stayed for an unspecified time before walking to the Post and entering by the back door , discovering the mayhem in the newsroom and retreating to the printer 's office . |