Example sentences of "[adj] time [subord] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must have been in full-time employment for a fixed time before you can claim ? |
| 2 | As stated , this could well save you years of wasted time if you would otherwise rely on trial and error alone . |
| 3 | Her daughter Jessica wrote a letter to the New York court saying : ‘ Please make Amy Fisher stay in jail for a long time so she ca n't hurt my mom again . ’ |
| 4 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 5 | Seems a long long time since we used to do it . |
| 6 | It 's a long time since you could go to your local corn exchange and see international artists for ten bob . |
| 7 | Although … well , it does look as though it 's going to be a long time before they can leave hospital , ’ she added sorrowfully . |
| 8 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 9 | ‘ It will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer . |
| 10 | The discipline of information science , which attempts to study all the ways in which human beings communicate information with each other and the many facilities which make it easier to perform , is in its earliest formative years , and it will be a long time before we can be sure either that the science of information is a true discipline or that it can deliver its present optimistic promises . |
| 11 | But I know it is sad that all our clubs are out of Europe now and it will probably be a long time before we can hope to dominate abroad as we once did . |
| 12 | It was a long time before I could believe that it was really Kāli , come back to find me . |
| 13 | The annual camp for secondary schools Cadet Corps gave me my first holiday away from home , but I was so homesick that a fortnight seemed an impossibly long time before I could get back to my parents and family . |
| 14 | I 'd always known he was going to die , and so had he , really , but when it happened — it was a long time before I could really face it . |
| 15 | I think it will take a long time before I could go out on my own , ’ Mr Norrie added . |
| 16 | ‘ It will be a long time before I can look at you and not want you . |
| 17 | The lieutenant believed ‘ it will be a long time before he can expect to be advanced to be captain in so old a corps . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll be in touch , ’ he said vaguely and though it was a long time before she would admit it to herself Sally knew it was all over . |
| 19 | It would mean returning to Wellington with a broken heart , and despite their short acquaintance she already knew it would be a long time before she would be able to evict him from her thoughts . |
| 20 | It took a long time before she would sit in there though did n't it ? |
| 21 | It took a long time before she could even bring herself to close her eyes , let alone contemplate sleep . |
| 22 | It took a long time before she 'd sit in that chair . |
| 23 | Tom equalled the championship record of 276 with a 70 and I thought it would be a long time before it would be broken . |
| 24 | It 'll be a long time before you 'd eat any of those flowers . ’ |
| 25 | I suppose we we would run the Independent as a professional publication , but it would be run at a loss for a very long time before you could turn it around . |
| 26 | He may need to stay in pyjamas and dressing gown for a long time until he can learn how to cope with normal clothes . |
| 27 | You have my soul now , all my thoughts are yours ; only a short time before you can have all of me , even my poor body which I now strive to make purer and better , healthier and stronger for that time . |