Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending .
2 But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’
3 I heard him a few times , he was very very entertaining , very entertaining , nice bloke really .
4 I saw him a few times more , but never alone , I wrote him two letters when I was in Spain , and he sent a postcard back .
5 I saw him a few times more after that , in the months that followed , coming slowly up the lane from the station , as Millie and I stood at the gate .
6 Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her .
7 Often he was right , often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in .
8 Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about
9 It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time .
10 I forgave you a long time ago . ’
11 She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads .
12 So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room .
13 And in return , no doubt , you gave him a good time in bed ! ’
14 You did it a long time before anybody else .
15 The kids used to be standing there one time — well , we hit them a few times with the cape and it had a bottle in it .
16 We lost ours a long time ago , but some people are still clinging to it , as they would to a piece of wreckage , in the hope that it will remain afloat .
17 Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence .
18 And we saw it a few times did n't we ?
19 They gave me a bad time — they 'd all been in since they were seventeen and they were hard men .
20 and I visited their friends and went to their church with them and they gave me a wonderful time , did everything for me
21 He asked them a few times .
22 As he walked downstairs , he read it a third time to make sure .
23 Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away .
24 Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately .
25 As for playing the Manson , well , it took me a little time to get into it .
26 It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors .
27 It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’
28 It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men .
29 It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like .
30 It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything .
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