Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 However , this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all .
4 Part of the reporting and accountability process is filling in a monthly time sheet which reinforces the emphasis on tasks .
5 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 .
6 And secondly , we 'll be able to sort out a reasonable time for getting her home .
7 Charles drove out a short time later back to Highgrove .
8 Rattling in the chest ; every cold goes to the chest or nose and the catarrh hangs on a long time .
9 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 .
10 If the car was still moving , police could work out a safe time and location to intercept it .
11 well that 's going back a long time , is n't it ?
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Ah … well this goes back a LONG time … well back to 1980 I think .
16 I said , well , I , there must be summat there , out there , she said no , he said , she said it goes back a long time .
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 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 .
19 This is the average number of hours that each worker is willing to supply over a given time period .
20 The hon. Gentleman asks whether we could debate them after they have been debated in the European Community , but we are talking about a long time ahead .
21 Budgetary time scale to encourage planning over a multi-year time horizon .
22 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 .
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