Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each defendant and his witness are given a limited time — say fifteen minutes altogether — in the box . |
| 2 | There is no length to a discussion , unlike a talk where speakers are given a specific time for delivery . |
| 3 | If too many are undertaken the average time to completion will be unacceptably long . |
| 4 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 5 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 6 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 8 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 9 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 10 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 11 | for everything had been bought a long time ago |
| 12 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 13 | In February 1989 the proposed new terms and conditions were outlined by letter to staff and , after subsequent fruitless negotiations with the unions , in April 1989 a notice was sent informing the employees that the changes would be discussed with them , that they would be given a reasonable time to consider the new contracts and that they would be dismissed if they did not accept them . |
| 14 | Knowing that the fox might be given a bad time afterwards would n't be a lot of consolation . |
| 15 | This 24 hours is only two-thirds of the 36 hours available ; it should be considered a minimum time to allocate to private study . |
| 16 | To this must be added the extra time and space demanded in main storage for relatively complex blocking — deblocking routines . |
| 17 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 18 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 19 | ‘ He could be gone a long time , you know . ’ |
| 20 | If made ex parte , the application must be filed a reasonable time before the hearing subject to the power of the court to hear applications at any time . |
| 21 | If the occupier then asks them to leave , they must be allowed a reasonable time to leave , after which they will become trespassers . |
| 22 | ‘ Secrets can be kept a long time , ’ he says . |
| 23 | That 's been gone a long time now . |
| 24 | He 's been gone a long time |
| 25 | The residents are being given a bad time . |
| 26 | The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose . |
| 27 | Town 's first Easter delight came on saturday against Luton at the County Ground … they were given a tough time in this one … a draw would have been a good result … a fair one too … but thanks to Paul Bodin the full-back with a golden boot they went and snatched a win … |
| 28 | Some conversions that were done a long time ago would not pass today 's stringent building regulations . |
| 29 | The comments above by Sisam ( 1915 ) and Hall ( 1920 ) arise directly from Skeats 's views , and , although these comments were made a long time ago , it would be a mistake to think that the Anglo-Norman argument has now been abandoned . |
| 30 | These points were made a long time ago by Kahn-Freund in ( 1940–1 ) 4 MLR 221 , but have never been satisfactorily answered . |