Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [vb pp] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July I was readmitted a second time , having finally obtained recognition of my French doctorate after more than a year . |
| 2 | Ooh I was taken a long time ago . |
| 3 | ‘ She 's taken a long time to throw off the illness and is still not fully fit , ’ said Sheppard 's Milngavie and Bearsden coach , Alex McNeil . |
| 4 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 5 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 6 | ‘ On the way home , we were approached a second time , by an Me 109 . |
| 7 | They were gone a long time . |
| 8 | The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose . |
| 9 | Town 's first Easter delight came on saturday against Luton at the County Ground … they were given a tough time in this one … a draw would have been a good result … a fair one too … but thanks to Paul Bodin the full-back with a golden boot they went and snatched a win … |
| 10 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
| 11 | The Body being thus equipp 'd and laid in the Coffin ( which Coffin is sometimes very magnificent ) , it is visited a second time to see that it is bury 'd in Flannel , and that nothing about it sowed with Thread . |
| 12 | Secondly , the court may order him to forfeit his office if he is convicted for corruption under the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 , and if he is convicted a second time under that Act he may be adjudged incapable for ever of holding a public office . |
| 13 | But despite this , Mr Pacey denies he 's chosen a bad time to go . |
| 14 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 15 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |
| 16 | After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up . |
| 17 | And so these two brothers , they both got back on , but unfortunately er Les , he was made a full time official of the miners , when he retired , full time official of the miners union . |
| 18 | ‘ Dr Henry is extremely short-sighted and as he bent down to try to find them , he was punched a second time , which caused him to fall back and land on a bench , ’ Mr Thomas said . |
| 19 | A mechanism for periodic review after what is deemed an appropriate time must , then , be built into any plan that is devised . |