Example sentences of "[adv] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time . |
| 2 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 3 | 85% of the woodland area is dominated by mature trees , indicating that grazing has been heavy enough for a long time to Prevent sapling recruitment . |
| 4 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 5 | In the exercise of that right the landlord may exclude the tenant from occupation , but only for a reasonable time , and only if to do so is essential for the execution of the work ( McGreal v Wake ( 1984 ) 269 EG 1254 ) . |
| 6 | A worker-directed study conducted in the mid-1970s considered as temporary workers all who had a job which was available only for a limited time and all who were themselves available for their jobs for only a limited period of time . |
| 7 | It is at the larva stage of their development when boring and feeding of the grubs takes place that the damage is caused because the adult beetles do not eat and they live only for a short time . |
| 8 | Mungo could not explain why but he felt a sense of release at being out of the village , if only for a short time . |
| 9 | Some diets are not successful at all but some are , even if only for a short time . |
| 10 | These mines were frequently tiny operations , perhaps run by families which might work an area only for a short time . |
| 11 | However he remained with the Wellington unit only for a short time before being posted to Control Office duties at Luqa . |
| 12 | ‘ That was the only time we kept something from her and even then it was only for a short time , ’ says Mike . |
| 13 | His new civility did not last , but , as Daisy Yates remarked one day in the following week , it had been pleasant not to have such a right little God Almighty in Cas. , if only for a short time . |
| 14 | But … but , as Mama said , as long as we kept it clean and it was only for a short time … |
| 15 | Well , of course this option must be open , but the needs of the women who choose to stay at home , if only for a short time , can not be ignored . |
| 16 | Er making yourself feel good even if it 's only for a short time . |
| 17 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 18 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 755 ) Beornred succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Aethelbald but held it only for a short time and unhappily . |
| 19 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
| 20 | Many children come into care only for a short time while their parents try to sort out their difficulties . |
| 21 | I had n't had any kind of pain relief — well , there was n't time ! — but the pain , although very intense , was only for a short time , so it was easy for me to bear . |
| 22 | Freedom , if only for a short time , and she would have a chance to speak to Rose , whom she had not seen since their evening out together up West . |
| 23 | This , like the argument about human progress , suggests that the universe can have been going only for a finite time . |
| 24 | If you really want your fish fed while you are away , perhaps for a longer time , you cold measure out individual portions of food into envelopes , and hide all the other food . |
| 25 | It is bad enough to fail one 's driving test once ; to do so for a second time reinforces the sense of hopelessness in the learner 's mind — he now has twice as many failures to build upon — so that he uses his ability to visualize in an even more negative fashion . |
| 26 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
| 27 | In the bite-shaped hollow , a small mound of viscous lava was growing and continued to do so for a long time afterwards . |
| 28 | Rigid solids are much harder to get hold of in tension and so for a long time such testing as was done was confined to compression and bending . |
| 29 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 30 | Social anthropologists can and do study members of their own society and they have been doing so for a long time , though mostly they do not do it very well . |