Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father 's been dead a long time and he has-had — two brothers . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I only took a quick look , he 'd been dead a long time , it was n't nice , and yet — it looked like Uncle Mosse . ’ |
| 3 | He had been right the first time . |
| 4 | Ensign Piper had been only a short time in Australia when he volunteered for duty in the convict settlement on Norfolk Island . |
| 5 | come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a |
| 6 | We 've been together a long time and people in the band like Paul and Mark and Gaz have a few things to prove themselves . |
| 7 | " We 've been together a long time Her voice went thick and inarticulate . |
| 8 | And she 's been away a long time for one of our ships — ever since June . |
| 9 | You 've been away a long time have n't you ? |
| 10 | And , of course , you must make sure you 're here the next time we come swimming . ’ |
| 11 | The highest spring tides of the year occur after the equinoxes in March and September , and these tides are often the best time to visit the shore . |
| 12 | The quiteron works in a similar way , although the energy gaps involved are about a thousand time smaller than for semiconductors — several milli-electronvolts ( take out the word electron to arrive at the corresponding driving voltages ) , This difference is behind the quiteron 's big advantage : it dissipates far less power than the conventional device . |
| 13 | The pope did not send him a pallium until June 634 and , given the long-standing papal concern with the well-being of the church of Canterbury , a three-year interval between Honorius ' appointment and the sending of a pallium would seem to be rather a long time . |
| 14 | It will , I suspect , be rather a long time before historians adopt SGML-authoring software as their own . |
| 15 | However , I 'm sure that it will be only a short time before the imaginative gentleman of this funeral business ( or after-care service , as it apparently now likes to be called ) will overcome these problems that in any case may be outweighed by one great advantage to which he points with pride : namely , that it is above all discreet , in that the girlfriend of the departed may view at any time , giving any name , and the wife and family will be none the wiser ! |
| 16 | If they were to become a matter of routine , it would be only a short time before the public , understandably , viewed the process with suspicion and mistrust . |
| 17 | If they were to become a matter of routine , it would be only a short time before the public , understandably , viewed the process with suspicion and mistrust . |
| 18 | She did not confirm for them that she had been meeting an escaped prisoner and she did not explain the significance of the print-out , but they clearly knew the first and it would be only a short time before they worked out the second . |
| 19 | It will be only the second time in 27 Tests at the Kensington Oval that no Barbadian fast bowler is included . |
| 20 | And maybe , she thought , if I 'm lucky he 'll be away a long time and I 'll meet an interesting man . |
| 21 | Erm , a bit on the recommendations one they 're seeking approval er that erm the er tenders from are left from March nineteen ninety four to March nineteen ninety eight which seems to me to be quite a long time to let that go if we 're all a little bit concerned about what 's going on . |
| 22 | ‘ I been here a long time . |
| 23 | I have been here a long time . |
| 24 | She 's been here a long time , of course , from Father Collins 's days . |
| 25 | ‘ Been here a long time — ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You have been here a long time , masters . |
| 27 | ‘ She has been here a long time and will be here for even longer , ’ Felipe answered smoothly . |
| 28 | No I 've been I 've been here a long time like |
| 29 | She 's been here a long time , about ten years . |
| 30 | She 's been here a long time , on and off , she knows the place well . |