Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some pact they made a long time ago . ’ |
| 2 | Hepzibah says when they lived in Norfolk she had an awful time looking after him because he was always in fights and he was young then , too young to hurt anyone much . |
| 3 | Alison says parties and dinner parties can be the last places she has a good time . |
| 4 | These days it takes a long time to get into the ‘ left-hand seat ’ or captain 's position in a major airline ; indeed , as time goes on more and more airline pilots have to recognise the possibility of reaching retirement before they achieve command . |
| 5 | FBI spokesman Bob Ricks said : ‘ I believed from the very beginning they had a certain time agenda . |
| 6 | Reced er the precedent for the situation that we are in now , yes indeed there is one and it was when er the Labour government was last in power in nineteen seventy eight , when we had er er er to er set up the European constituencies we had a limited time to do it in and all the countries in Europe had to agree to bring forward the same kind of agreement and put it into effect at the same time . |
| 7 | At any rate it took a long time to synthesize . |
| 8 | If you want decent trees it takes a long time to grow them ! |
| 9 | But it 's like pouring kettles of hot water into a cold bath it takes a long time for them to make an impression . ’ |
| 10 | I soon discovered that a lot of the local children stuck together and that outsiders were n't made very welcome — even if you come from another part of Cornwall it takes a long time to be accepted . |
| 11 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 12 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
| 13 | After leaving school he spent a short time in his father 's office . |
| 14 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 15 | Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals . |