Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , having said that , there is no system in the world , whether it be in government , outside it , public-sector , private-sector , wherever it may be , which is going to get everything right the whole time . |
| 2 | In all other cases outside of those exceptions the order which prescribes unpleasant consequences , unless a person does a particular act , must make clear the precise time within which the act is to be done ( RSC Ord 42 , r 2(1) ) . |
| 3 | And when I went wrong the other time . |
| 4 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 ’ . ’ |
| 6 | The Trisland has to be hand-flown the whole time . |
| 7 | I know somebody , male I might add , who 's so randy the whole time that he ca n't concentrate on anything . |
| 8 | He was conscious the whole time and talked and joked with ambulancemen and medical staff at a local hospital in Cheltenham . |
| 9 | ‘ I hit it very hard but I remained conscious the whole time . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I have been patient a long time , nonya . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ He 'd been ill a long time . |
| 13 | Level 3 Know that some life forms became extinct a long time ago and others more recently . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've been asleep a long time . ’ |
| 15 | Because the hypnotherapist is present the whole time and observing the patient 's reactions , it is also possible for him to know when to introduce the detachment technique which will ensure that no distress is suffered . |
| 16 | I must have been unconscious a long time . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I was awake a long time that night . |
| 19 | Yeah Eddie is going to be busy the whole time |
| 20 | I did n't join any of them , I kept independent the whole time I was there . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Why my paternal so-called grandparents had been so stuffy the only time I met them . |
| 24 | Such FUN — gets drunk the whole time |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Jackets that had been second-hand a long time ago , trousers the same . |
| 28 | 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 . " |
| 29 | Sean Walsh seemed watchful the whole time . |