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 After Hackman 's departure , Dustin felt even more insecure , remembering that he had himself been fired a few times for not satisfying the director .
4 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 .
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 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 .
7 ‘ On the way home , we were approached a second time , by an Me 109 .
8 They were gone a long time .
9 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 .
10 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 …
11 That that used to be mentioned between us er er a few times , I can remember it being mentioned a few times .
12 It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’
13 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 .
14 ‘ A bad argument remains a bad argument even if it is repeated a thousand times . ’
15 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 .
16 But despite this , Mr Pacey denies he 's chosen a bad time to go .
17 It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’
18 She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time .
19 After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up .
20 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 .
21 ‘ 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 .
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