Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made another turn , and another , bringing them in a short time to Southwark Bridge . |
| 2 | Mind you can always say to you caught me at a bad time , you say , it 's supposed to have appointment only , but just say , can you , is there any chance of you coming back . |
| 3 | He 's amusing himself at a dull time of year , and being here without his womenfolk , but he 's as adroit at calming the storm as he is at raising it . |
| 4 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 7 | ‘ I helped her through a bad time , you see . |
| 8 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 9 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 10 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 11 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 13 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 14 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
| 15 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 16 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 17 | ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’ |
| 18 | I have n't seen you in a long time . |
| 19 | Mr John Rennilson , the county planning officer , said : ‘ Unless we can achieve something in a short time the inevitable will happen on March 31 . ’ |
| 20 | If a public sector organisation says that it will do something at a certain time , the customer wants that to happen . |
| 21 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 22 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 23 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 24 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 25 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 26 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 27 | Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time . |
| 28 | Social workers should always have as clear a plan as possible for the child , and implement it in a shorter time than normal . |
| 29 | I 've suspected it for a long time , but now it 's absolutely dear ! |
| 30 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |