Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Now he has called on British Rail for a second time to step up safety and end the easy access to the East Coast main line .
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 I left my sack for a third time clipped to Sal and relished the cool caress of wind around my back as I finally found out how to enjoy myself on the steep granite of the ridge .
9 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 .
10 A T E , A T R at the university and just , the block , the side of the university , she had her apartment for a little 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 Erm right the open show fifty nine ninety five for the hire of the hall , much the same as last year , it 's keeping pretty well down er , it 's , we paid fifty three eighty last year , but I think because little bit for a longer time this year .
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 When the elder Civizade , by now Rumeli kazasker for a second time , died in 954/1547 , the younger was given a pension of 45 akce a day .
18 Before the programme is finally adopted it has to be referred back to the European Parliament for a second time .
19 Newport Borough Council is close to withdrawing its Private Usk Barrage Bill from Parliament for a second time .
20 But his parents ' place in Hemlock Road was their base for a long time .
21 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 .
22 And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save .
23 JULIE WALTERS ON THE HEARTBREAK OF FIGHTING HER DAUGHTER 'S LEUKAEMIA FOR A SECOND TIME
24 A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document .
25 The first 4 of these have been in existence for a long time .
26 Masked by the cold war , it has in practice fulfilled that function for a long time .
27 He had been standing in the kitchen for a long time .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 She 's got our number all right an' we 'll 'ave to give this place a miss for a long time after this .
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