Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [adj] time for " in BNC.

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1 We knew we would enjoy the wild times for two weeks and then regret it .
2 A church service followed by an afternoon and evening of sports , feasting and the entertaining of friends and relations would provide an enjoyable time for all ages .
3 It will take a little time for me to forget the hurt and the disappointment …
4 It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken .
5 Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem .
6 There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system .
7 It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family .
8 It did take a long time for anything to happen .
9 I think we 'll have a tough time for two or three years , but we 'll stick with it because it 's a good business and it 's our kind of business .
10 You should enter an approximate time for this media unit to transfer a 512 byte block of data .
11 It seems to me that you should leave a little time for romance . ’
12 To wait until their children are in the secondary stage may seem a long time for delay .
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