Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] 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 | I was taking a long time ! |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Ooh I was taken a long time ago . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Not the most exciting of prospects maybe but even so , I was having a good time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I was the best-known face in East Anglia , but I was having a terrible time . |
| 9 | She said I was having a lovely time looking all round these things ! |
| 10 | And she bought things with her erm twenty five pound voucher said I was having a lovely time and I forgot the time ! |
| 11 | I was wondering a long time . |
| 12 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 13 | So now she was having a splendid time visiting friends , and who could blame her ? |
| 14 | She was having a great time . |
| 15 | ‘ I was glad that at last she was having a good time , that she was happy , ’ she said in an interview with Vox magazine . |
| 16 | What a man like Siward would do , who was hiding a second time in a forest and had blown the withdrawal within minutes of the Normans ' arrival . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Bohemian rhapsody Everybody was having a good time on the Left Bank after the war , but the art was surprisingly thin , argues Tim Hilton . |
| 22 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 23 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 24 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |
| 25 | ‘ I heard it was having a difficult time . ’ |
| 26 | After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |