Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard .
2 The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games .
3 ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’
4 It seemed to go on for a long time .
5 To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions .
6 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 .
7 To heighten concern about the Convention , Broken Promise could not have come out at a better time .
8 A single one-off move may be disruptive to overall business activities but at least the process is carried out over a short time .
9 This case also often occurs in practice due to the results of cases such as grouped meter readings from customers who were at home when the meter reader called , combined with customers ' own readings carried out because they were out when the meter reader called , and a number of special checks that are carried out at a different time .
10 This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day .
11 We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed .
12 B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time .
13 She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time .
14 ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest .
15 There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time .
16 Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks .
17 This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go
18 These molecules , the ultimate source of information about what is going on at a specific time in a particular cell , are extremely labile chemically ( for example , to traces of alkaline detergent in less than scrupulously clean glassware ) and enzymatically ( to the ubiquitous ribonuclease ) .
19 Experience tells us that many people who take up jogging , cycling , and other aerobic routines often sustain injuries , or simply give up after a short time .
20 Hangs about for a long time , that smell . ’
21 ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’
22 And Gordon 's use of the melodramatic ( a vital dose of vanishingly scarce penicillin to treat a key character turns up at a crucial time ) is disappointing alongside the excellence of his writing elsewhere .
23 Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’
24 Too much packed in to a short time .
25 ‘ The letters are the firms , the numbers are the prices in pence of a typical Alpha stock and the volumes they are prepared to deal in at a particular time .
26 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 .
27 You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance .
28 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 . ’
29 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 ? ’
30 ‘ Dutch elm disease is a terrible thing , ’ said Mr Molesworth , corning round for a second time .
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