Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of each week , which we suggest is a Saturday , you will need a little extra time to review your progress , and work out your weight loss for that week . |
| 2 | However desirable this might be , in a highly complex and differentiated society such as ours this undertaking would need a very long time given our present methods , resources and interests . |
| 3 | → When you think of Fender 's seeming unwillingness to bring the reissues of the Indie-cred Jaguar into this country , Jim , I think we 'll probably wait a very long time before a Bass VI emanates from anywhere other than the Fender Custom Shop — a facility available to the wad-carrying fanatic . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll wait a very long time to do that , ’ he gritted . |
| 5 | You know , as we sit back and just wait for God to bless us we 'll wait an awful long time . |
| 6 | Monsieur Mitterand has already said that he 's going to seek to drive a harder bargain with Britain over fishing limits even than President Giscard was trying to do , and I think our negotiators must expect a rather tough time as far as fisheries are concerned . |
| 7 | We can assume that in a normal working session a lexicographer will spend a relatively long time thinking as opposed to manipulating text . |
| 8 | You could spend a very long time , trying to understand that woman . " |
| 9 | Yes , I think I mean if one goes into corruption one could spend an awful long time . |
| 10 | This year I could only stay a very short time , as I had to get out to Cliveden for a charity ball the same evening . |
| 11 | The display on consumption utilises the age-old trick of piling up an adult 's average monthly intake of food ( enormous amounts of chocolate ) and invites the visitor to burn off excess calories on an ‘ Energy Bike ’ ( it does , of course , take a depressingly long time to nullify the effect of just one grape ) . |
| 12 | Only when the conditions mature for the wide use of mechanical farming for the organization of collective farms and for the socialist reform of rural areas er can the need for a rich peasant economy cease and this will take a somewhat lengthy time to achieve . |
| 13 | This may mean that a file which operates well under normal conditions , i.e. many home records being accessed but few synonyms , may take a relatively long time to process sequentially . |
| 14 | The effects of hormones may themselves take a very long time to appear . |
| 15 | Litigation , on the other hand , can take a very long time . |
| 16 | Alas for him , the speech proposing the loyal toast can sometimes take a very long time . |
| 17 | However , this can take a very long time to accomplish — some flyers never manage it — and will bring you closer and closer to the next stage to be conquered — the nose-in hover . |
| 18 | ‘ That did n't take a very long time , ’ said Masklin . |
| 19 | The process of separatism growing into a global force would thus take a very long time . |
| 20 | ‘ It will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer . |
| 21 | Of course , that will take a very long time indeed . |
| 22 | It would take a very long time to implement and would be very costly . |
| 23 | The move towards economic sanctions is necessary , unfortunately , but sanctions will take a very long time to work . |
| 24 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |
| 25 | New trees are being planted but it will take a very long time to repair the damage . |
| 26 | So I thought we could have a really good time as well , yeah ? ’ |
| 27 | In this book , I describe and explain these activities and although I can not claim that this is a comprehensive guide to parties — such a task would be virtually impossible ! — I do know that , if you follow my advice , your children and their friends will have a really enjoyable time ! |
| 28 | In fact , people did not have a very nice time working there , with dirty conditions , long hours , heat and underground work . |
| 29 | In a commando unit you will have a very active time . |
| 30 | He did have a very hard time which we , as children , could not understand … they took care of Richard as you know but my mother also had to look after the children left in 2 Dan-y-bont , Pontrhydyfen , travelling there at least twice a week on two separate buses with Richard , a two-year-old , in tow . |