Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] time have " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a short time had passed he began to tap his foot on the kerb impatiently . |
| 2 | Not for a long time had Vi felt so uncomfortable . |
| 3 | I have for a long time had on file one respected artist 's offer to arrange an exhibition of a hundred of his works , and then to hand them straight over as a gift to the Russian Cultural Foundation . |
| 4 | As was noted in Chapter 4 , local education authorities have for a long time had a duty to provide special education for handicapped children . |
| 5 | It had jeopardized the government coalition , because the Independent Smallholders ' Party ( FKgP ) for a long time had been unwilling to make concessions which compromised the commitment in its electoral programme to full restitution [ see p. 37790 ; 37975 ] . |
| 6 | I think that 's been on , on the cards for a long time has n't it ? |
| 7 | The best idea in shareware for a long time has been the production of colouring books for younger children . |
| 8 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 9 | However , it is also evident that much greater co-operation is required between western European countries , which for a long time have been concerned about the environment , and the countries of eastern and central Europe . |
| 10 | AT ABBEVILLE airfield , l'Aero Club de la Somme have for a long time have shown off Dassault Ouragon No 215 . |
| 11 | War on Want are er for a long time have been the only probably the only erm that put their neck on the block as far as social and environmental aspects of the party go . |
| 12 | You never watched Lady And The Tramp for a long time have you ? |
| 13 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 14 | No , sure , have n't been for a long time have you ? |
| 15 | Are n't you playing the piano ? shall we get that book that you have , it 's yellow I think it 's down there , we have n't done that for a long time have we , we can do that while daddy and Tim are playing |
| 16 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 17 | We have n't done this one for a long time have we ? |
| 18 | Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ? |
| 19 | Eleanor was nearly twice the age he felt he deserved , and it had been his ambition for a long time to have a girl just at the point when it became legal . |
| 20 | Leslie was devastated by the news , having tried for a long time to have a baby . |
| 21 | Two months after the military crackdown in Beijing in June 1989 , it was announced that university student intake would be cut from 640,000 to 610,000 in the next academic year , and that " specialities mainly in the social science fields which the State has deemed for a long time to have turned out personnel not qualified for socialist construction " would be suspended . |
| 22 | Mr Morris added : ‘ We have pressed the Government for a long time to have a look at the hill farming situation . |
| 23 | Just thinking of the dark young man with Romany looks who had taken her virginity , and for a short time had loved her so passionately , did not serve her well enough . |
| 24 | Indeed , pollen exposed to ants for a short time has reduced germinability and shorter pollen-tubes : such pollen leads to lower seed set . |