Example sentences of "would [vb infin] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like a short time on board before the start , if you would n't mind . ’ |
| 2 | a long time it 'd take a long time . |
| 3 | They 'd take a long time to dry would n't they , then , on the sticks and that |
| 4 | We 'd have a good time . " |
| 5 | They 'd have a hard time proving that , I think , if they were interested in proof ; which I 'm not sure they are . |
| 6 | Today , several men would spend a considerable time erecting steel scaffolding before such a job would be attempted . |
| 7 | Defence counsel , Michael Parroy , said because Jones was a magistrate , he would face a tough time in jail . |
| 8 | And and would have a good time playing it , cos i There 's enough there , but it 's not you know |
| 9 | But with the size that the baby is already , it 's likely Greene would have a hard time getting her beyond thirty-eight weeks . |
| 10 | I think the NSF would have a hard time answering that question . ’ |
| 11 | The judge told Cranog Jones that his plan had been ingenious , but warned him that as a magistrate , he would have a hard time in prison . |
| 12 | Now question is whether or not there is a simple ability to realise a capital receipt and use it I think , and if that were true , if what you 're saying is true and there was some net gain to be made very easily then I think we would have a hard time , perhaps , refusing what you 're saying . |
| 13 | The second alternative would take a long time to achieve . |
| 14 | Then he would move to another par of the bed , away from the cold wet patch that would take a long time to dry and leave a stiff yellow stain on the mattress . |
| 15 | Most of these solutions would take a long time to implement . |
| 16 | The difficulty here is that this would take a long time to carry out , besides which , there is the problem of access . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The English host was able to cross unhindered , although it would take a long time to do so in its entirety . |
| 19 | Given the long times required to charge the larger rods , you can see that after getting a first qualitative result with the smallest rods within a few weeks , a proper quantitative analysis to test the variation with rod diameter and current , and so establish the nature of the effect would take a long time . |
| 20 | Starving the defenders out seemed to be the only course , and that would take a long time . |
| 21 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |
| 22 | This form of socialism , based upon the accountability of the state to society rather than vice versa , would take a long time to develop , but it was this form of socialism that supporters of perestroika hoped the Party Conference would develop further — as indeed it did . |
| 23 | However , he stressed that economic growth was still heavily dependent on continued flows of external assistance , since the programmes under way would take a long time to carry out . |
| 24 | It would take a long time to get our grill out because I do n't think it would move any more . |
| 25 | A complication was that it had to be reduced in a complicated , controlled manner or the electricity grid throughout Ulster would be burned out and would require a long time to replace after the strike would be over . |
| 26 | PCR methods ( 6-9 ) obviating the processing of miniprep cultures would offer a great time saving but as yet , reliable large scale methods are not available . |