Example sentences of "[vb infin] a very [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | → 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll wait a very long time to do that , ’ he gritted . |
| 4 | You could spend a very long time , trying to understand that woman . " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The effects of hormones may themselves take a very long time to appear . |
| 7 | Litigation , on the other hand , can take a very long time . |
| 8 | Alas for him , the speech proposing the loyal toast can sometimes take a very long time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ That did n't take a very long time , ’ said Masklin . |
| 11 | The process of separatism growing into a global force would thus take a very long time . |
| 12 | ‘ It will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer . |
| 13 | Of course , that will take a very long time indeed . |
| 14 | It would take a very long time to implement and would be very costly . |
| 15 | The move towards economic sanctions is necessary , unfortunately , but sanctions will take a very long time to work . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | New trees are being planted but it will take a very long time to repair the damage . |
| 18 | In fact , people did not have a very nice time working there , with dirty conditions , long hours , heat and underground work . |
| 19 | In a commando unit you will have a very active time . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I think she would have a very hard time providing leadership , especially now that she is being perceived as more beholden to Washington than to the Filipino people . " |
| 22 | It is obvious that the breed clubs will have a very difficult time in the next decade . |
| 23 | If you have players who are obsessed with mapping detail , they will have a very tough time inside the Castle , but in describing the outside of it , when their characters seem to see slight differences each time they look at the buildings , add the disorientating detail that the characters can not remember exactly what the Castle looked like at any time prior to the present moment . |
| 24 | Na er well of course I 'm seve seventy nine but I can still remember most of it and I did have a very bad time ! |
| 25 | This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford . |
| 26 | Eighty years does n't seem a very long time when you consider the art of acting has been prospering in Europe over the last four hundred or so years , quite apart from the great traditions of ancient Greek drama . |