Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 I was taking a long time !
2 I was anticipating a bad time but my wife was thrilled because she loves Russia — that 's why my daughter is called Katya , ’ says Mr Faith .
3 Ooh I was taken a long time ago .
4 Not that I complained because I was having a great time with it , but I noticed that there were a few changes and when I went back to England from Mustique , that was probably the last time MainMan existed .
5 Not the most exciting of prospects maybe but even so , I was having a good time .
6 A lot of things were happening , sometimes I was having a good time , sometimes it was ghastly , and I used to get totally paranoid smoking dope .
7 I was the best-known face in East Anglia , but I was having a terrible time .
8 She said I was having a lovely time looking all round these things !
9 And she bought things with her erm twenty five pound voucher said I was having a lovely time and I forgot the time !
10 I was wondering a long time .
11 She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning .
12 So now she was having a splendid time visiting friends , and who could blame her ?
13 She was having a great time .
14 ‘ I was glad that at last she was having a good time , that she was happy , ’ she said in an interview with Vox magazine .
15 Davies , Strudwick and Johnson persuaded Nicholas to hand in her resignation because they could see that she was having an impossible time of it .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Karen was looking after Ann McDonald from Scotland who was having a terrific time despite suffering from spina bifida and hydroencephalus ( water on the brain ) .
19 Hemmings took a catch to dismiss Logie , who was beginning to look dangerous , and then the wickets slithered away — including Harper run out by a fine throw from Hemmings , who was having a wonderful time .
20 Bohemian rhapsody Everybody was having a good time on the Left Bank after the war , but the art was surprisingly thin , argues Tim Hilton .
21 Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover .
22 It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’
23 She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time .
24 ‘ I heard it was having a difficult time . ’
25 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 .
26 She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office .
27 Salim states that he was having a rough time , and was tired and suspicious of Yvette : he does not say that a tribal god commanded him to leave her .
28 and I bought her but when I came out the loo he is playing with the bus going wheeee , he was having a great time with that , I looked at him and I said got to give that to Charlotte , no , no , I do n't like it I want the house , meaning the garage , so I 've gone out now and bought her a circus
29 He was having a wonderful time and so was Edith .
30 He was having a wonderful time , and had at least , she noticed , retained enough good sense to make sure that his losses at the table were minimal .
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