Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adj] time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active . |
| 2 | To the extent that talking and trying hard to talk for less time and have more tasks to do which are to a certain extent self-explanatory , rather than having long involved tasks which two or three get on with and the rest opt out . |
| 3 | ‘ It is a risk , but it 's something I have wanted to do for some time and I believe it is feasible . |
| 4 | Similarly , research activity is planned to double in this time and continuing education , or extra-mural studies , to grow by at least one-third . |
| 5 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |