Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 61 | Geoff Wildinson , assistant director for filed work , recognises the SSD is in for a tough time . |
| 62 | Michel thinks she will be in for a bad time when she realizes it . |
| 63 | LONG ago , on dark nights when storms lashed the treacherous coastline , wreckers knew they were in for a busy time . |
| 64 | Otherwise , they 're in for a grim time of it . |
| 65 | After getting some oxygen , he then went back in for a third time . |
| 66 | The gentlemen of the Pearl are taking off their jackets to fight the bid so the British insurer 's shareholders are in for an unpredictable time . |
| 67 | I think it 's all over for a long time . |
| 68 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
| 69 | So far as I can see , unless there are fundamental changes in the British economy , the recession ai n't going to be over for a considerable time because the economy is in such a state . |
| 70 | Never wipe Rosie and Jim off for a long time . |
| 71 | Could not something be done to obtain some repair jobs to hold those workers so that they will not have to be laid off for a considerable time ? |
| 72 | Straightening up for a second time , Anna thought Isobel looked more like a librarian than a deacon . |
| 73 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 74 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |
| 75 | ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’ |
| 76 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 77 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 78 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 79 | One pauper was locked up for a short time and when let out he was very quiet and all of them have been so since . ’ |
| 80 | Ian McShane 's roguish antique dealer Lovejoy goes to Prague in search of treasures , Casualty gears up for a busy time and on BBC2 Robbie Coltrane and Fiona Fullerton star in The Bogie Man , about a dangerous fantasist who escapes from a Glasgow hospital . |
| 81 | Oddly enough , I found that I could keep the port wing up for a considerable time and , as I lost flying speed and I came nearer and nearer to the Engineering Wing area , the port wing happily stayed in the air until my speed was very low indeed and then gradually — and I did not think of this — one ( and only one ) of the prop blades gently ploughed into the rather soft earth , My port wing was still in the air , and ever so gently we made a beautiful semi-turn to port . |
| 82 | Instead , we gradually get the horse used to having its feet picked up , little by little , until it will tolerates having its feet picked up for a longer time without causing any fuss . |
| 83 | ‘ Out for a good time ? |
| 84 | And the relief of seeing this woman out for a good time , smoking dope , getting drunk , flirting and still not deserving to be raped ! |
| 85 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
| 86 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 87 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 88 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 89 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 90 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |