Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] time [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they were bright green , and I thought it was a different bike , I did n't even noticed the second time if it was a ladies or a man 's bike . |
| 2 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 3 | It seemed a long time since she had stood there watching the boats and noticing how brief lack of caution led to trouble . |
| 4 | The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching . |
| 5 | If she had been married to Francis , Mary might have had a harder time for he was a consummate bed player . |
| 6 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 7 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 8 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |
| 9 | She stopped singing when he knocked on the door , but he had to wait and knock a second time before she invited him in . |
| 10 | and you know the first time since we 've been married I 've been able to actually cook a roast dinner and washed up by two o'clock on |
| 11 | I think it will take a long time before I could go out on my own , ’ Mr Norrie added . |
| 12 | It , it 'll take a long time before it starts to buck up . |
| 13 | Now the trouble with fractions is if you do n't know your tables it can be you can work it out you could get there but it 'll take a long time if you do know your tables you just go , Yeah three fours are twelve . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought she 'd have a rougher time than she did , unlike some team members who were like bulls at a gate . |
| 15 | I thought it would be great down there , but I started having a bad time so I went back to Newcastle . |
| 16 | I go out all day to college having a lovely time while you stay at home making yourself ill . |
| 17 | ‘ It seems a long time since we had a chance to talk alone . ’ |
| 18 | It seems a long time since we ate together in this kitchen . |
| 19 | It seems a long time since we started , |
| 20 | But this one man did give him Rule Britannia , and got him all taking the same time as him ! |
| 21 | It took a long time before she could even bring herself to close her eyes , let alone contemplate sleep . |
| 22 | It took a long time before she 'd sit in that chair . |
| 23 | It took a long time before she would sit in there though did n't it ? |
| 24 | she was one of the first anyway , so er , but it took a long time before she had them , five years ' wait , and she said , that , at the last attempt she said to her husband that 's it now , if it does n't work this time , that 's it , I 'm not having any more attempts , that 's it definitely , and they had that successfully and that 's how they had the twins , so they 're her children , they are their children , it 's just they were fertilized outside the womb , in a glass dish it 's fascinating i n't it ? she said it 's really fascinating I can assure you I said oh I can see |
| 25 | times for auctioning though was er when shops went bankrupt , er especially chocolate shops , cos then we had a good time after he 'd done because we usually got loads of chocolate which was a luxury . . |
| 26 | The first women newsreaders had a difficult time because they were constantly ‘ filtered ’ through their sexuality . |
| 27 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |
| 28 | The Government faces a difficult time as it prepares to get its legislation on student loans through Parliament . |