Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I stopped mourning a long time ago . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything . |
| 3 | ‘ I like a drink and I like to have a good time ! |
| 4 | I thought it would be great down there , but I started having a bad time so I went back to Newcastle . |
| 5 | I mean I use to do a full time job outside the home , then come back and do all the housework and the washing and the children . |
| 6 | You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better . |
| 7 | Despite the failings of the course I did have an excellent time and was not put off continuing with chemistry . |
| 8 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 9 | I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late . |
| 10 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 11 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 12 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
| 13 | I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast . |
| 14 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 15 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 16 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 17 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've had a splendid time , ’ she replied instead , and when some minutes later a taxi whisked them back to their hotel she felt it had been a dream of an evening . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've had a great time , ’ Ashley said , thanking Vitor when he brought the car to a halt . |
| 20 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sorry sir , I 've had a tough time with this . |
| 22 | When the sightseeing tour was over , Little Billy sat down again on a large branch and said to the whole company of Minpins , ‘ Look , I 've had a lovely time with you all , but how am I ever going to get home again ? |
| 23 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 24 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 25 | Well I mean I 'm , I 've got an easy time at the moment because I 'm on today . |
| 26 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 28 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 29 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |
| 30 | But looking back on his past he can say simply : ‘ I have had a good time . ’ |