Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just have a hard time writing songs ; it 's just not what I do real well . |
| 2 | I certainly had a good time and judging by the sweat on everyone 's brow as they worked to perfect their routines I think it was generally thought to be enjoyable and worthwhile . |
| 3 | Bearing this in mind and the fact that you only have a limited time to see it all , we 've put together these special tours . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , apparently she only has a short time to live ; David came back to be with her — he 's even living at Brooklands . ’ |
| 5 | A lot of the stone went to build houses for the local peasants , who apparently had a tough time . |
| 6 | Funnily enough it 's not the people like me who usually do get the boot in academic life , it 's the people with real talent who generally have a hard time . ’ |
| 7 | The implication is that these women were the sexual victims of men who just wanted a good time . |
| 8 | ‘ We only have a short time , ’ Ell said . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | We often take a long time to hear of what is going on in the outside world and when we do find out , it can take even longer to get into the field . |
| 11 | And we really had a wonderful time doing it ! |
| 12 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 13 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 14 | However , the seeds had been sown in my mind — they just took a long time to grow ! |
| 15 | ‘ They often take a long time . |
| 16 | They simply had a good time together without really asking too many questions about each other . |
| 17 | ‘ Our stables are just a few miles away at Bognor and it only takes a short time to get him there . |
| 18 | Since it necessarily takes a long time to produce such a report , the mandatory period within which the legal claim should be registered has frequently , even usually , expired before the report is available . |
| 19 | They were out there , it just took a long time to find them . |
| 20 | Bernie Ecclestone , however , feels guardedly optimistic , ‘ It always takes a long time to get an F1 race up and running in the US , ’ he said . |
| 21 | He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay . |
| 22 | He used to teach English in a comprehensive school and he probably had a rough time of it . |
| 23 | He really had a hard time and suffered a great deal over the years from the wounds he received back then . |
| 24 | In a big house it often takes a long time for everyone to find ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 25 | Also the fragility of the grammar — there are a number of features that are not covered by the grammar and it often takes a long time to reject the sentence . |
| 26 | The two drawbacks were that it initially took a long time to get into , and it was hot — the first problem was solved , the second not . |
| 27 | I do n't know when this story started but it certainly happened a long time ago . |
| 28 | He was certainly in Italy before Narses died in 574 , and he subsequently spent a long time in Constantinople . |
| 29 | It therefore provides a good time to reflect on the experience so far in trying to encourage the transfer and synthesis of knowledge across the two fields and to look to the future in the light of that experience . |