Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He died of a stroke only a short time after Mamma left him . ’ |
| 2 | It took place quite a long time ago , it is known as the cessation of the plebs there were two occasions on which the workers of of Ancient Rome and withdrew from the city and their t the terms on which as as far as I recollect the terms of their return where that somebody should write down the law in comprehensible terms and that there should be a special officer , a tribune appointed who could if necessary explain what the law was to them . |
| 3 | Cos we had this mat there a long time and I think we picked . |
| 4 | Post-interviews with the individual pupils should take place either a short time after the end of the teaching episode , or ( less favourably ) at the end of the lesson . |
| 5 | Your husband probably senses that you do n't admire or respect him and he obviously does n't trust you , which is why he pulled the drawbridge up a long time ago . |
| 6 | Radio was , as we have seen , put under direct Government control only a short time after independence . |
| 7 | The wet plaster smell and the white dust on the cobbles underfoot indicated that rubble had been cleared from the yard only a short time before . |
| 8 | The ‘ Illustrious ’ had been subjected to vicious bombing only a short time previously , and the defending fighters had been battered by swarms of Me109s and Macchis . |
| 9 | Secretary , who stayed in office only a short time before handing over to James Muir , who served until 1905 . |
| 10 | If there is more than one child in the family then a special time each is valuable . |