Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We rented a house in Deya and had a wonderful time . |
| 2 | Richards won the toss and took a long time to decide to bat ; when he did so Dilley bowled superbly , and five wickets went down for just 54 . |
| 3 | I ATTENDED four of the evening sessions of this year 's Great British Beer Festival and had a great time — my thanks to all those who worked so hard to make it such a success . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't pick Davis , we chose each other and decided a long time ago that we wanted to play this tournament together . |
| 5 | We were there all morning and had a wonderful time . |
| 6 | He raised his eyes from the pattern and stared a long time at my friend and I — the only two white people on the journey . |
| 7 | A tightly compacted surface of graded stones kept water at bay and lasted a long time . |
| 8 | After they have turned round under gravity and interacted a second time with the microwaves , the fraction of atoms in the F=4 level is detected and recorded . |
| 9 | Last weekend we booked a 55-seater coach and went down to the youth soccer international at Wembley between England and Italy and had a marvellous time . ’ |
| 10 | We played with the ship 's monkey and had a wonderful time , while around us the dockers unloaded the cargo into barges that lay alongside . |
| 11 | ‘ We went to Tunisia last year and had a dreadful time on a supposed safari . |
| 12 | He has therefore used local newspaper cuttings as well photographs and spent a considerable time talking to some of the senior members of the club to produce the book . |