Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And their bride has to wear er , all in red and er the bridegroo er groom has to wear a long costume with a red big flowers in front i aha and then they get married and there 's erm band , the Chinese traditional band with drums and trumpets blowing all the time and er , all the guests have a very nice time . |
| 2 | They may suck on it until it dissolves sufficiently to swallow rather than chew it and so meal-times take a very long time . |
| 3 | Look wh you 're in this business for a long time , things take an awful long time to happen in this world |
| 4 | So , the insects which feed on nectar need a very well-developed time sense if they are to secure a meal easily . |
| 5 | Animals that feed in these ways have a relatively easy time of it . |
| 6 | Thus it would seem that the ‘ dawn of civilisation ’ , so often quoted in a context suggesting that it represents a fairly finite occurrence taking a relatively short space of time , did , in all probability cover a very long time indeed , perhaps many thousands of years . |
| 7 | Flowers such as strelitzias , anthuriums and orchids last a very long time and are well worth taking home — some flower shops will pack them specially for export . |
| 8 | Certainly , cuckoos spend a very short time in Britain ( 12–15 weeks ) — less than any other migrant . |
| 9 | Students in Oxford have a particularly difficult time finding housing within their price range because although the cost of rented accommodation is similar to London , students in the region do n't get extra grant to cover it . |
| 10 | Doctors have a very rough time of it . ’ |
| 11 | Since language courses constitute a very considerable time allocation there are inevitable human and material resource implications . |
| 12 | Oliver 's serenade will introduce us to Vitellia and Sesto , Annio and Servillia , and the Emperor Titus — ‘ and it will be clear that the first couple have a really terrible time , and that the second pair have a really nice time , and that the last gent , the one who does n't get married at the end , has to reconcile the emotions of the other four in himself . ’ |
| 13 | Oliver 's serenade will introduce us to Vitellia and Sesto , Annio and Servillia , and the Emperor Titus — ‘ and it will be clear that the first couple have a really terrible time , and that the second pair have a really nice time , and that the last gent , the one who does n't get married at the end , has to reconcile the emotions of the other four in himself . ’ |
| 14 | Some galleries , for example , thrive on holiday trade whilst others have a rather lean time through the summer months . |