Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may need a little time to think about it , but they 'll try most things once . |
| 2 | Although you should make a specific time when candidates can ask their own questions you should also allow time for questions which arise naturally at an earlier stage of the interview . |
| 3 | You should specify a relative time in the format dddd hh:mm . |
| 4 | A recollection of John Davies , the minister for Europe in Heath 's cabinet , indicated the mood , ‘ We were at home in Cheshire , and I said to my wife and children that we should have a nice time , because I deeply believed then that it was the last Christmas of its kind that we would enjoy . ’ , |
| 5 | The locals , in theory , should have a better time of it , the grapevine telling them where the ice is best . |
| 6 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 7 | A person must have a reasonable time to prepare his case . |
| 8 | Betty and Joanne must have a hard time managing . ’ |
| 9 | If your attitude to me is anything to go by , Petula must have a thin time of it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe we should take a little time out … just the two of us … |
| 11 | It seems to me that you should leave a little time for romance . ’ |
| 12 | Those days must seem a long time ago . |
| 13 | As this is a new ( as opposed to a rebuilt second hand ) engine it should last a long time and parts are available worldwide . |
| 14 | They should last a long time , and can be stripped down and boiled to clean them . |
| 15 | Any Party wishing to make any such publication or disclosure shall in requesting such consent submit details of the intended publication or disclosure to the Chairman of the Project Committee and may specify a reasonable time within which consent is to be given . |
| 16 | For example a particular combination of kinetic and chemical energy at a certain temperature may give a cleaning time of ten minutes . |
| 17 | ‘ We might wait a long time ! ’ he said . |
| 18 | In Prague the talk is of starting with a break-up of the monopolies , and letting the market rip later — but de-monopolising the economy might take a long time . |
| 19 | That might take a long time , they intimated . |
| 20 | Wherever they went , they would have to go on foot , which might take a long time . |
| 21 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 22 | ‘ The Ukrainians do n't really know much about Britain , but I 'm going to serve champagne and two kinds of caviar so I expect we 'll have a good time , ’ Gladstone told me over a crackling telephone line shortly before the party began . |
| 23 | Me brother and the two bairns are coming the morrow and we 'll have a good time . |
| 24 | No you 'll have a good time , seriously , it sounds like I 'm putting you off , I do n't mean to , it 's not |
| 25 | If you do n't hold the wire on the floor , the tape will wrap itself round it and you 'll have a terrible time trying to disentangle the resulting blob of sticky goo . ) |
| 26 | Many resorts claim you 'll have a fabulous time there , but I 've found one that really lives up to its promises . |
| 27 | If they suss out that you 're a fanatical prospector they 'll have a great time winding you up and sending you off on a series of wild goose chases . |
| 28 | You 're a workaholic ; you 'll have a brilliant time . |
| 29 | You 'll have a brilliant time though . |
| 30 | You 'll have a brilliant time , it 's such a laugh but you ca n't drink , that 's the only thing , you ca n't drink inside , they do n't sell alcohol unless you 've got I D and there 's about four people there that are actually eighteen anyway . |