Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since J. C. Wells 's research on the phonological adaptations made by Jamaicans who had lived for a period in London ( Wells 1973 ) , there have been only a few detailed studies of the language of Caribbeans in Britain in spite of a good deal of interest in all aspects of Britain 's black population . |
| 2 | At the university here we have got two or three groups in which we do know how to do that and especially the work that I 'm associated with , again the arts undergraduates , we have developed over a period now of something like six years , ways of giving them confidence , and it 's amazing to see what happens . |
| 3 | From Allexton to Medbourne is only five miles straight across the hills , yet we have passed through a period of some three hundred and fifty years in the history of the landscape . |
| 4 | Whenever we suffer a major loss in our lives — such as the death of a loved one , divorce , redundancy , miscarriage , children leaving home , or the end of a love affair — we need to go through a period of mourning . |
| 5 | It tends to run with a period different from that of a solar day ! |
| 6 | In 1340 the king conceded that parliament should have the right to grant the maltote , which it proceeded to do for a period of fifteen months . |
| 7 | In his choice of contributor Lehmann was able to draw upon his wide-ranging contacts , for he had lived for a period in Vienna and had also travelled Europe in search of material . |
| 8 | Since over 50% of us seem to opt for a period of co-habitation before we take the marital plunge , these findings are pretty sobering stuff . |
| 9 | Perhaps , humanly speaking , some of us had doubted during a period of economic recession that we would achieve such a level of giving but God had been honoured . |