Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This mortaring is going to continue for some time . ’ |
| 2 | Pioneer must be assuming this trend is going to continue for some time ; its Wakefield plant does not go fully on line until 1994 . |
| 3 | If the beneficiary dies after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , then of course for CTT purposes any determination or disposal of interest which has taken place since 25/3/74 has constituted a transfer of value and in addition if he is entitled at his death to a beneficial interest in possession in any property remaining in settlement that property falls to be included in the aggregate of the estate immediately before his death , a transfer of value of which he is treated as having made at that time . |
| 4 | Having gorged for some time on the sweet taste of the ‘ knowledge ’ available from large British institutions , those trained in the ‘ Fine Arts ’ emit an acrid belch of superiority on the subject of their craft . |
| 5 | The air raids failing to materialise at that time , 152 of these were transferred to the Orchard London County Council Hospital in Dartford . |
| 6 | Plans were at an advanced stage when Hamnett , having vacillated for some time , phoned the BFC to say she had decided in favour of Paris after all . |
| 7 | erm You missed last week 's talk , which actually was quite lucky because the projector broke down , so it was n't a great success ; but last week , erm I talked about the beginning up to the eighteen thirties , Victorian costume , and really what I was trying to put across last time , was the fact that the nineteenth century saw the beginning of fashion for the masses . |
| 8 | Helen had been trying to learn for some time , but she found it very hard although Tony was endlessly patient with her . |