Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] [adj] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
| 2 | Someone reported a long time ago that an old lady , on her deathbed , was heard to say : ‘ Weel , it will be a great blessing to hear at last the real truth of the Gowrie conspiracy ’ . |
| 3 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
| 4 | But I chose the wrong time when prices were depressed and there was n't a great deal to come after all the expenses were paid . |
| 5 | I was in my late twenties and , like any sailor , I liked a good time when I was on leave . |
| 6 | I wrote a long time ago to his Department and asked it to move against him and the Department failed to do so . |
| 7 | It was less the fear of hell ( which seemed a long time away ) than the fear of being a non-person which prompted me to ask my parents if I could be baptised . |
| 8 | Yes , well there is another man and she 's told Paul frankly she 's lapping up the attention , he 's taking her out for meals and their having a good time together you know , why its great , but as soon as he 's paid for , for the goods and got , got the goods , the chaps going to go off looking for another . |
| 9 | If you make a statement which gives a stated time when something happened , do n't be vague or make it up , give the exact time or say you do n't know . |
| 10 | If you can sort of say well that has been proven , this is the research , this is the system , this is the model , theorists actually enjoy that because they think well this is n't just somebody 's gut reaction , this is something that somebody spends a long time actually thinking about it considering . |
| 11 | Pakistan , which had a short time before recognized Azerbaijan 's independence , recognized the independence of the Central Asian republics and of the Russian Federation on Dec. 20 , following a three-week visit to the Soviet Union by the Minister of State for the Economy which ended on Dec. 18 . |
| 12 | A lot of people seem to refer to Jesus as a good man who lived a long time ago ; a man who taught about God and who became ‘ Son of God ’ by his resurrection . |
| 13 | ‘ It does n't matter — just someone who lived a long time ago — best forgotten . ’ |
| 14 | She was also hungry , very hungry , she acknowledged a short time later as she did justice to the duckling and fresh vegetables Roman had ordered . |
| 15 | Good do you remember a long time ago doing factor trees and I gave you three sixty to do ? |
| 16 | So have you had a good time then ? |
| 17 | Toby ( 4.5 ) had been playing with blocks , but then wandered away and the blocks were put away by two other boys , who spent a long time carefully fitting the different sizes of blocks into the two boxes . |
| 18 | But how can you have a good time when you keep being reminded about ‘ the gulf between people who have stuff and the people who have shit ’ , or that ‘ the world does n't make sense [ to me ] any more ’ ? |
| 19 | Did you have a good time when you went up to King 's Lynn ? |
| 20 | — Did you have a good time tonight then ? — Yes . |
| 21 | ‘ She died a long time ago . |
| 22 | Then he relaxes into a sorrowful smile , like when you remember someone you loved who died a long time ago . |
| 23 | ‘ I want you to have a great time tonight , ’ he said several times , ‘ but do n't go without taking away 12 business cards . ’ |
| 24 | And then across the road she went afterwards , to that there , She had a lovely time there . |
| 25 | You had a good time though ? |
| 26 | ‘ And do n't forget you have a busy time ahead of you tomorrow . |
| 27 | If so , you need a winding-down time just before going to bed . |
| 28 | Everyone enjoyed a good time together and an excellent meal . |
| 29 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 30 | Two of the men died at the scene and their three colleagues were rushed to hospital , where one died a short time later . |