Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has had a sad time looking for work in London and intends to go back to the North-East with his parents as soon as possible , ’ said David Martin , defending . |
| 2 | Even Disney , the most successful studio of the late 1980s , has had a tough time launching Hollywood Pictures , the baby sister of its Touchstone studio . |
| 3 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 4 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 5 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 6 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 7 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 8 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 9 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 10 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 12 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 13 | The Saddlery Courses are designed for people wishing to earn a full time living from making and repairing saddlery or for anyone who just wants to supplement their existing income , as they state ‘ whatever you want from this course , either to earn money or to save money , it is designed for you . ’ |
| 14 | Ian and Barbara meet — the latter having had a difficult time avoiding Nero 's amorous advances — and with the help of Tavius ( who is a Christian ) , they manage to escape from the city . |
| 15 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
| 16 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
| 17 | When I was a boy — just 30 years ago — a store like this would have had a hard time surviving in this small mid-Western Canadian city . |
| 18 | He could have worked things out the same way I had , and he 'd have had a hellish time believing it all of his own son . |
| 19 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 20 | It took Rauschning a long time to realise that his standpoint was exactly opposite to Forster 's . |
| 21 | With these objects , in their millennium of power , the Celts seem to have had a splendid time scraping and whipping Europe into shape . |
| 22 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
| 23 | You do take a long time to come out has not reached the non strikers and er , some said he had a little reading from who . |
| 24 | We did have a short time to show off whatever skills we had managed to acquire . |
| 25 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
| 26 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 27 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 28 | Oh every year , oh well we 've got a long time to keep it going , within about the first , within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top |
| 29 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 30 | Nobody wants to lose and if nobody wants to lose it means it gets fiercer and it goes on for longer and it does takes a long time to resolve , if it ever is and often to the detriment of one person to the success of another . |