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 | 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 . |
4 | Often he was right , often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in . |
5 | 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 |
6 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |
7 | ‘ I forgave you a long time ago . ’ |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | And in return , no doubt , you gave him a good time in bed ! ’ |
11 | You did it a long time before anybody else . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence . |
14 | They gave me a bad time — they 'd all been in since they were seventeen and they were hard men . |
15 | and I visited their friends and went to their church with them and they gave me a wonderful time , did everything for me |
16 | As he walked downstairs , he read it a third time to make sure . |
17 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
18 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
19 | As for playing the Manson , well , it took me a little time to get into it . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
22 | It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything . |
25 | ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment . |
26 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |
27 | It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through . |
28 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
29 | Clambering over rocks and following narrow sheep trails — which tended to peter out disconcertingly in the thick bracken — it took me a long time to find a possible beck-traversing spot . |
30 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |