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 | A single one-off move may be disruptive to overall business activities but at least the process is carried out over a short time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 11 | She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 13 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ Hangs about for a long time , that smell . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 22 | Too much packed in to a short time . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | 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 ? ’ |
| 28 | If you want information to go out at a specific time , time it very carefully , and just bung it out , as it were , and , and reckon it 's there at that stage . |
| 29 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 30 | You might arrange for pay to be given out at a different time and check whether the trains are less crowded somewhat earlier in the afternoon . |