Example sentences of "[noun] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 2 | ‘ Sir , we have been seeking his permission for a long time ; he will not give it . |
| 3 | Their new gas plants will not be on stream for several years ; they need a secure , well-priced coal contract for a long time to come . |
| 4 | It is also our intention — this differs from what has been the case for a long time — that they will be fully manned units . |
| 5 | The best hope is that the effect of the recession on pay bargaining coupled with prudent fiscal management can preserve the competitive advantage for a considerable time . |
| 6 | The best hope is that the effect of the recession on pay bargaining coupled with prudent fiscal management can preserve the competitive advantage for a considerable time . |
| 7 | He had n't had a clothing parcel for a long time . |
| 8 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 9 | Although the London Borough of Southwark agreed to maintain the level of funding to some of the projects for a short time after the demise of the I. L. E. A. , that support can no longer be guaranteed . |
| 10 | To improve , she attended an art class in Sheffield for a short time . |
| 11 | They must know it 's been going on at domestic and international level for a long time . |
| 12 | When the anxiety upper limit is reached it will remain at this level for a certain time . |
| 13 | May the Town Crier remain in the very capable hands of the college students and lecturers for a long time to come . |
| 14 | They are generally operated on a fixed cycle , so that , when a known volume of water has passed through the plant , a valve is turned so as first to backwash the bed to cleanse the zeolite , and then to pass in brine for a fixed time to regenerate the material . |
| 15 | We discuss the abortion struggle for a long time . |
| 16 | Been my major struggle for a long time now . |
| 17 | But his parents ' place in Hemlock Road was their base for a long time . |
| 18 | We had a stable rate base for a long time and we saw no reason to doubt that there was anything untoward in the ratings that had been made within our borough . |
| 19 | And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save . |
| 20 | He was tempted to go in and get it over , but he had been away from his temporary headquarters for a long time and he did not even know if the body had bean recovered successfully . |
| 21 | A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document . |
| 22 | The first 4 of these have been in existence for a long time . |
| 23 | Masked by the cold war , it has in practice fulfilled that function for a long time . |
| 24 | He had been standing in the kitchen for a long time . |
| 25 | They played rummy with Patsy in the kitchen for a long time because Mother and Father went across the road to Dr and Mrs Johnson 's house . |
| 26 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 27 | She 's got our number all right an' we 'll 'ave to give this place a miss for a long time after this . |
| 28 | Separate figures must be available for information not only for those selling and serving , but also for those who have prepared for ages beforehand in greenhouse and kitchen , in Davidson Room and Undercroft cupboard , and out at Currie where philately rules for a considerable time . |
| 29 | The upward spiral on which film budgets were set suggests that Rank might have had to go on losing money for a long time before hitting on a way to achieve a steady supply of sellable films . |
| 30 | He must have saved up his pocket money for a long time in order to buy one of Uncle Philip 's masks . |