Example sentences of "[adj] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 2 | ‘ The petition read , ‘ It is incumbent upon the council to prevent the crown falling to issue of the pretended wedlock between his late Majesty and the lady Elizabeth Woodville , made without the consent of the lords of the land , and by the sorcery of the said Elizabeth and her mother Jacquetta — as the voice is throughout the land — privily and secretly in a chamber , without proclamation by banns according to the laudable custom of the English church ; the said King Edward being married and troth-plight a long time before to one , Eleanor Butler , daughter to the old Earl of Shrewsbury ’ . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I have been patient a long time , nonya . ’ |
| 4 | The Swiss crew was stroked by Jeremy West , the French crew included East German veteran Rudi Helm , the USSR/Italian team included masters Schaparenko and Tichenko and there was a USSR/Israeli crew , something which would have been unthinkable a short time before . |
| 5 | ‘ He 'd been ill a long time . |
| 6 | Level 3 Know that some life forms became extinct a long time ago and others more recently . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've been asleep a long time . ’ |
| 8 | I must have been unconscious a long time . |
| 9 | That is , in addition to the tendency to feel tired because we have been awake a long time , there is some rhythmic change that decreases our fatigue at some times and increases it at others . |
| 10 | I was awake a long time that night . |
| 11 | Worse , he told her that naturally he never used the lifts because if one were faulty he could be stuck a long time with no one to free him . |
| 12 | But the Voice of Reason argued that Preston 's marriage , and his career , were demasted , holed and rudderless a long time before they foundered together on the rock of Carla . |
| 13 | Many ailments , especially viral ones such as Fish Pox , can make themselves apparent a long time after purchase : in other words , unless you go the whole hog , like the very top Koi-keepers , quarantine is no guarantee that all will be well . |
| 14 | The repossession problem was apparent a long time before the politicians decided it was an issue — the figure of 80,000 , which is equivalent to a town the size of Coventry , referred to homes that HAD already been repossessed . |
| 15 | Jackets that had been second-hand a long time ago , trousers the same . |
| 16 | He reviewed the changes made during his period as Soviet leader saying that " a totalitarian system which deprived the country of an opportunity to become wealthy and prosperous a long time ago has been liquidated " , and he expressed his hopes for the future : " Some mistakes could probably have been avoided , much been done better , but I am sure that sooner or later our shared efforts will achieve results . " |