Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathaniel Sherman stumbled slightly at the entrance of his hut , and his wife heard him cursing and fumbling for a long time with the flap fastenings . |
| 2 | Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ? |
| 3 | I think the death of David 's father was probably what took him a while to make the decision about leaving Ken , because to lose his father , who he really adored , who had always been a pillar of strength to him , changed his life , and I think David carried a bitterness about him dying for a long time . |
| 4 | He had been crouched on the first-floor landing for a long time , peering through the banister rails to the kitchen at the end of the lower corridor , listening to the ebb and flow of their conversation . |
| 5 | Watching the Trooper disappear up the road , I reckon it could go on trooping for a long time yet at the right price , with very little needing doing . |
| 6 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 7 | Herodotus was able to establish some kind of time-sequence for the two centuries before his time , but he was a more diffuse writer than Thucydides , who was concerned with many events occurring in a shorter time interval . |
| 8 | A landlord should be responsible for the manner in which work at its instigation should be carried out and there is no reason why a tenant should suffer as a result of defects appearing within a reasonable time thereafter . |
| 9 | A statement of an objective must always refer to some publicly observable outcome occurring within a certain time frame . |
| 10 | They do this by collecting premiums or contributions from large numbers of people in return for an agreement to compensate the policy-holder in the event of a specified event occurring within a specified time . |
| 11 | An electric shock US , for instance , is an event occurring at a particular time , with a certain duration and intensity , that impinges on a particular part of the animal , and so on . |
| 12 | I stood outside his door listening for a long time ; there was n't a sound . |
| 13 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 14 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 15 | At night the harbour lights up and the atmosphere becomes electric as the streets of Aghios Nikolaos fill up with people looking for a good time in the restaurants , bars and discos . |
| 16 | Sailors from off the boats would be looking for a good time and public bars would resound to the sound of many voices . |
| 17 | She wondered how many were selling information , and how many were dupes looking for a good time . |
| 18 | But I do n't expect you to believe I was simply looking for a good time . |
| 19 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |
| 20 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 21 | He added : ‘ We are confident we will still be operating for a long time to come . |
| 22 | We are living in a remarkable time , when the conflict of opinions renders a firm foundation of knowledge indispensable … |
| 23 | In particular , as outlined below , one area of potential dissension and difficulty in the modern small private company is the very fact that some of the relevant legal rules and remedies are based on being able to distinguish the capacity in which a particular individual may be acting at a given time . |
| 24 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 25 | I 'm sure that if he had said something he never have betrayed the pain he had been guarding for a long time . |
| 26 | If you 're a Libran who just has to say what 's on your mind come hell or high water you could be heading for a stormy time . |
| 27 | When they had eaten their meal of wheat ro is and milk they kept the fire going for a long time . |
| 28 | using it at the same rate but it 's going for a longer time . |
| 29 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 30 | Blockbusters are going through a terrible time , and I had no desire to add to the misery . |