Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 It 's hard enough trying to find a mutually convenient time for two people to meet ; comparing diaries for a group can be nearly impossible .
2 All my subsequent attempts to find a mutually convenient time to meet have failed — mostly , I have to confess , because my term-time commitments in Oxford made it difficult for me get up to London except at hours when you were in Cabinet , or in the House .
3 Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments .
4 You mean I 'll have to wait a very long time .
5 This can be contrasted with the centesimal scale where we may have to wait a fairly long time to ascertain the action of the remedy .
6 Remember that the vendor may not wish to have you around the house at all , so try to agree a mutually convenient time , starting at , say , 9am or 2pm , which will allow at least three daylight hours for the survey .
7 By arrangement with the Sole Selling Agents who will be pleased to arrange a mutually convenient time for this Company to escort prospective purchasers around the property .
8 As indicated in previous correspondence , my clients are not envisaging a ‘ walk away ’ deal and therefore the next stage is to arrange a mutually convenient time for you to meet with my clients .
9 It should be realised that the amount stocked would only have been expected to last a relatively short time .
10 Noone can win the Tour without being able to ride a very good time trial .
11 Does he feel that he might try to persuade Mr. Collins at their next meeting to devote a little more time to the containment of that particular problem rather than wasting it on demands that a policeman accompany every Army patrol in Northern Ireland , presumably to ensure that the Special Air Services remember to say ’ please ’ and ’ thank you ’ to any civilian they may encounter ?
12 He went on : ‘ We 're going to have a jolly good time after waiting so long for this . ’
13 However , we contrive to have a very pleasant time .
14 The words which I have read are plain : it was Mr. Vanbergen who said he was going down to Eastbourne , that he was going down as part of his business , and that he did not think he would be getting back after his business on Thursday in time to pay it on Thursday , and the concession arose out of the question whether or not the debtor could be back in town in time to bring it himself , because he frankly said he was trying to get a little more time .
15 well the , I think these people who concern themselves very much about dictating the do 's and do n't of fox hunting , if they were to spend a little more time about looking into the research of , how foxes actually live .
16 I 'd like to spend a little more time with her than that . ’
17 If follow-up therapy is to ensue , those consultations are likely to take a little less time — anything from thirty to fifty minutes .
18 One problem is that appeals to the European Court from decisions of DGIV tend to take a very long time , and there is also some doubt as to whether the Court is an appropriately constituted body to act as a review tribunal in the sense described above .
19 It is a worthwhile form of enquiry but , in this area , it is likely to take a very long time before the scientists can reach a consensus which will seem in the least convincing to non-scientists .
20 So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job .
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