Example sentences of "for any [adj] [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other children are too active to sit on the pot for any reasonable length of time and mothers may despair at ever being able to get them to sit still . |
| 2 | Riding the ‘ Double Ferris Wheel ’ awards its own bonus or a quick score and , as with most pinball tables around at the moment , there 's a multiball feature that sends a multitude of steel balls singing around ( you 'll need three eyes and four arms to keep them all in play for any decent amount of time ! ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Ken Barlow is one character I did not expect to survive for any great length of time , ’ said the Street 's creator Warren , 55 . |
| 4 | I do n't think she 'll be staying off for any great length of time , with the open day coming up I think she 'll be |
| 5 | The rule was that as a member in good standing of another church ( and I was a member of the Presbyterian Church of England ) one might do so on a temporary basis ; but that if one found oneself doing so for any extended length of time , one should ask oneself whether one should not be confirmed . |
| 6 | What is not rubbish is that an attempt to operate modern cars on low octane fuel for any extended period of time is likely to have very severe consequences for the engine . |