Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , we have to assign to each level a peculiar time , relatively autonomous and hence relatively independent , even in its dependence , of the ‘ times ’ of the other levels … |
| 2 | The princess told them : ‘ I have come to terms with this relationship a long time ago . |
| 3 | ‘ I have lived in this world a long time , child . |
| 4 | We 've been out on this balcony a long time , and no one has come to interrupt us . |
| 5 | On some occasions a straight time basis will be appropriate ; on others a high element of contingent fee will be required by the vendor . |
| 6 | But as we have seen , the law in some cases allows anyone with a genuine interest to make an application for judicial review , and it may take such persons a considerable time to find out about the decision they want to challenge . |
| 7 | People were wandering in and out of that room the whole time , he might have been seen . ’ |
| 8 | For all these reasons the additional time and effort involved in achieving the improved results , compared with the first exercise , will be significant . |
| 9 | Because of these uncertainties the appropriate time for selecting the multiplier is at the time of death and the number of pre-trial years for which special damages are awarded should then be deducted from the multiplier ( Graham v Dodds [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 808 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew someone of that name a long time ago . |
| 11 | Just as well they have something else in common : they have known each other a long time , and are all good friends . |
| 12 | We 'd known each other a long time . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've known each other a long time . |
| 14 | We 've known each other a long time . |
| 15 | We 're growing familiar , like we 've known each other a long time . |
| 16 | You and I have known each other a long time . |
| 17 | ‘ It has taken many geologists a long time to accept plate tectonics ’ , Dr Blake told New Scientist at the survey 's west coast headquarters in Menlo Park , south of San Francisco . |
| 18 | The waterlogged heaps of wet muck soon became unstable and eventually began to slide downwards , quite suddenly becoming semi-liquid slurries or mudflows , which swept down the sides of the volcano , gathering speed and more and more material the whole time . |
| 19 | Indeed , an original idea suggested informally by several people a long time ago was that there could be a two-day preliminary meeting , and then a two-day summit of the European Council . |
| 20 | That 's it ; except Nina stopped looking for any knight a long time ago . ’ |
| 21 | It should be remembered , of course , that quite often a man who deserted would rejoin the same army a short time later in a different unit , perhaps under another name , to gain a new enlistment bounty . |
| 22 | No , but if she is , she 's , she 's been going that way a long time . |
| 23 | For me my husband John Miller , was on that hulk the whole time . |