Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is that with another ten years of John Paul 's rule , the silencing of awkward bishops and theologians , the appointment to the episcopate of a most carefully selected team of neo-conservatives , a rather traditionalist form of Catholicism will , in fact , harden and remain for a long time effectively unchangeable . |
| 2 | But it does need to be borne in mind that although this form of sudden death can create such instantaneous reactions there are also people who hide and keep quiet and suffer for a long time before finding the opportunity to talk to someone about their feelings or until another trigger sets them grieving . |
| 3 | Process for a precise time ( see previous articles for time guides ) and stick to this when making your prints . |
| 4 | Process for a precise time ( see previous articles for time guides ) and stick to this when making your prints . |
| 5 | We kiss for a long time , then I straighten up . |
| 6 | It 's easy to control , including the scheduling aspects — you can delay a fax send until a specific time , sending all your faxes for one day after 6pm , say , in order to take advantage of off peak telephone rates ( or after midnight , if you have a midnight line ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time . |
| 8 | They are , no doubt , conditioned by the environment in which they live , they act in a given time and place . |
| 9 | John had advised him to transfer from Rome airport to the railway station to avoid a five hour wait at Rome , but oh ! no ! big boots insisted on flying , although the late flight from Rome is notorious — and , of course , just after John had left for Naples airport , having to do quite a lot of the journey on foot , as late evening buses stop at a given time on Public Holidays , rang to say that Alitalia was alleging weather problems at Naples and so the passengers would be transferred by coach arriving at 2am . |
| 10 | We watch for a long time , Tony catching the show on camera , then notice that the temperature has plummeted with the clearing of the sky and turn in . |
| 11 | If you are catching 6-pounders and want to catch 8lb bream , then move to another swim , or fish that swim at a different time . |
| 12 | erm and he was released and he came to Harlow and we meet him and that was , that was very good , erm , but we have n't had one like that , you know for a long time . |
| 13 | These are goods which last for a long time and which yield the household utility-creating services both in the current period and in future periods . |
| 14 | This poetry , by contrast , evokes a sympathy in me which is not often brought out by poetry , and I hope and believe that the works of Owen will become great classics and last for a long time . |
| 15 | one mistake you know forget something and you 'll be going round like this five pints I use , I use to see quite a lot of things missing you know in a certain time |
| 16 | He has words of praise for the RSNO Chorus , which he says has ‘ sounded better than I remember in a long time ’ in the initial rehearsals of a work new to all concerned . |
| 17 | That maybe they get to a certain time when they 're going to be out of touch ? |
| 18 | It was true that I had n't been to see Jeeta or Anwar for a long time , what with the moving and my depression and everything , and wanting to start a new life in London and know the city . |
| 19 | • Decide on a regular time for working — perhaps when your child is asleep or at playgroup . |
| 20 | Does this snow stuff stay for a long time ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I have n't played guitar synth live for a long time , but what I use is a Photon MIDI converter , which I actually got about two weeks ago ; I put it on one of my Steinberger guitars . |
| 22 | Truly , we live in a dark time . |
| 23 | Truly , we live in a dark time . |
| 24 | Obviously , there will always be resource problems for a variety of activities that local authorities would like to carry out , under whatever Government exist at a particular time . |
| 25 | ‘ Have I come at a bad time ? ’ |
| 26 | However , governments have for a long time been divided over how large a merger must be before it passes out of national hands to Brussels . |
| 27 | ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU . |
| 29 | Captain America 's main man EUGENE KELLY got in touch to tell us the latest development , namely the withdrawing of the sleeve , and added : ‘ I have for a long time been a devoted customer of C&A and will only wear socks and pants with the C&A label . |
| 30 | 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 . |