Example sentences of "[adv prt] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least I do n't mean that — not a good show for you , I know — but frankly when you 've been down a long time it is a good show to see someone from home and get all the news . |
| 2 | And that I think , I feel is one of the loopholes in the Sale of Goods Act , because it does n't lay down a definite time limit . |
| 3 | Part of the reporting and accountability process is filling in a monthly time sheet which reinforces the emphasis on tasks . |
| 4 | The CEGB would perhaps be more fully convincing in its argument on fuel diversity if it could show that it had more real commitment to the development and use over a long time scale of renewable-energy technologies . |
| 5 | He moved over a long time ago from playing an SG Standard and an ES-345 when he found his beloved fixed-bridge ‘ 64 Stratocaster , which is standard apart from an extra treble-boost toggle switch . |
| 6 | However , this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all . |
| 7 | Budgetary time scale to encourage planning over a multi-year time horizon . |
| 8 | In such circumstances , if the Bank wishes to sell the stock it is holding over a reasonable time period , it will often be unable to avoid reducing its price . |
| 9 | This is the average number of hours that each worker is willing to supply over a given time period . |
| 10 | The promotion-winning team set off a short time ago from the County Ground to tour the town in an open-topped bus , before a civic reception given by Thamesdown Council . |
| 11 | Rattling in the chest ; every cold goes to the chest or nose and the catarrh hangs on a long time . |
| 12 | There had been windows on the westerly side of the school , but they appeared to have been built up a long time , judging from the appearance of the workmanship on the outside . |
| 13 | Your husband probably senses that you do n't admire or respect him and he obviously does n't trust you , which is why he pulled the drawbridge up a long time ago . |
| 14 | You see , these up here 's been up a long time . |
| 15 | Do you have to reti pack it up a certain time ? |
| 16 | Many of us have a special tune or song that conjures up a particular time and place whenever we hear it , or brings back a flood of memories , but we may have no way of celebrating it . |
| 17 | The meeting broke up a short time after , a bewildered Hoskyns leaving more convinced than ever that change would have to be wholesale . |
| 18 | And secondly , we 'll be able to sort out a reasonable time for getting her home . |
| 19 | They 've been out a long time colleagues , seventeen weeks . |
| 20 | It always pays to stick as closely to the truth as possible , I found that out a long time ago . |
| 21 | Dear Catriona I could guess you probably worked this out a long time ago but I might as well get it over with once and for all and I finally managed to summon up the courage to do so , A S A , a secret admirer , no longer exists , he no longer admires secret or otherwise and has n't existed for almost a year now and again you probably know who he is but I might as well tell you it 's me Johnny the eleven year old , now fourteen , you met at Christmas ninety and boy do I feel stupid . |
| 22 | Charles drove out a short time later back to Highgrove . |
| 23 | If the car was still moving , police could work out a safe time and location to intercept it . |
| 24 | This awareness goes back a long time , and to Lace it we need to leave the field of folklore and go back into the realms of ancient philosophy . |
| 25 | Ah … well this goes back a LONG time … well back to 1980 I think . |
| 26 | I said , well , I , there must be summat there , out there , she said no , he said , she said it goes back a long time . |
| 27 | well that 's going back a long time , is n't it ? |
| 28 | But we do talk and what I know is you are essentially a decent and totally wonderful human being and I 'll hang around a long time for you . |
| 29 | But the Inter City Firm from West Ham were around a long time before the Service Crew . |
| 30 | Because the common holly , Ilex aquifolium , has been around a long time and produced many ornamental varieties , you will find quite a few with fancy botanical names . |