Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had rung through to the Swan Hotel in Stratford to set a revised time of arrival at 6.15 p.m. ; but by the look of things it was going to be , in Wellington 's words , ‘ a damn close-run thing ’ . |
| 2 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 3 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
| 4 | When you decide to practise , do not choose a difficult water , or difficult fish , where you are likely to have to wait a long time for a bite . |
| 5 | Like Lanfranc he had welcomed royal co-operation , and had been prepared to wait a long time for it . |
| 6 | I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late . |
| 7 | They were happy to wait a long time for their meals because they could look at her . |
| 8 | Is she making a promise to the British people that this improvement will be financed by an increase in taxation , or that , just as the Conservative Government have always aspired to improve that target , so will a Labour Government , and the British people will have to wait a long time for such an improvement to materialise ? |
| 9 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 10 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 11 | Most modern chemists would probably say that we 'd have to wait a long time by the standards of a human lifetime , but perhaps not all that long by the standards of cosmological time . |
| 12 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 13 | Delivery times for most items were generally satisfactory , but there appears to be a possibility that readers consulting early or rare books in the South Reading Room have to wait a considerable time for items ordered over the lunchtime period . |
| 14 | If you have written in response to an advertisement they may ask you to telephone to arrange a suitable time for the interview . |
| 15 | Is it possible to arrange a different time for the accounts to be returned ? |
| 16 | When the VHS system was launched in Britain five years ago , a single tape speed ( 2.34 cm/s ) was chosen to give a playing time of three hours per cassette . |
| 17 | And he may have to live a long time with the third . |
| 18 | But he is likely to have a frustrating time of it as Industry Secretary until the economy recovers , wanting cash to fund his ambitious regeneration plans that will simply not be available in the next year or two . |
| 19 | Clearly , a character wearing a mask is going to have a tricky time with some Fel tests . |
| 20 | I wanted to prove it was possible to have a good time without getting off my face . |
| 21 | The girl had been left without a chaperon and was determined to have a good time with some boys . |
| 22 | ‘ In the early days everyone used to have a good time for real . |
| 23 | Well , enough to have a good time in the back row at the pictures anyway , ’ and she had certainly not elaborated . |
| 24 | But I tried always to have a quiet time with God before I started my revision that morning . |
| 25 | ‘ For one who intends to stay a long time with us , Englishman , you know little of us . |
| 26 | Was it easier for them was it easy for them to pick up work or would they have been woul would they have to face a long time on the dole or ? |
| 27 | ‘ People have to spend a long time with robot animals first . |
| 28 | ‘ Another thing which caused me to spend a long time on the story was that prostitution is a black and whit story , but the business side of photography usually wants colour . |
| 29 | Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space . |
| 30 | Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country . |