Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Could not something be done to obtain some repair jobs to hold those workers so that they will not have to be laid off for a considerable time ? |
| 5 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 6 | Was this something recent or something you have known about for a long time ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 8 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 9 | That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load . |
| 10 | The only exception is the sort of heat fault that makes a machine malfunction after it has been switched on for a given time or when the room warms up . |
| 11 | If the property has been lived in for a long time with old carpets that have never been shampooed they can exude quite pungent odours . |
| 12 | Held back for a long time by wild hitting , she has accepted in the last 12 months that there are occasions when she must suppress the urge to attack everything flat out . |
| 13 | I ended up going over the falls and being held under for a long time , and thinking there was no way I was going to come up before the next wave came across . |