Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the , what has happened I think , over the last two and half years , that I 'm aware of , erm , is basically happening a long time before that , I , I ca n't say yes or no . |
| 2 | It seems clear , however that the initial cancellation only added a short time to the eventual arrival of the ambulance . |
| 3 | Well , enough to have a good time in the back row at the pictures anyway , ’ and she had certainly not elaborated . |
| 4 | This was a situation which could only last a short time before complete economic and social collapse ensued . |
| 5 | It 's one of the busiest nightspots in the Mediterranean and the streets are simply crowded from dusk onwards with young people going about the serious business of enjoying themselves , socialising , trying the local brew , ‘ discovating ’ and generally having a good time until the early hours of the morning ! |
| 6 | ‘ All this type of modern music that we play , if you think back to when it all started , whether it 's thrash , rap , disco , rock'n'roll , it all started with black people in slavery and poverty in the southern States , and about the only thing they could ever have a good time with was sex . |
| 7 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 8 | She had always taken a long time over her toilet : a review of her clothes ; a long-drawn-out bath ; massage ; manicure ; then her hair and make-up . |
| 9 | Amazing , is n't it — despite all those contamination problems that have hit various recent models of IBM Corp 's mainframe disk drives , according to Electronic News , the things still boast a mean time between failures of two to three million hours — they 're must be a lot of irked users wondering just who it is that is happily storing and retrieving data on their hours . |
| 10 | But I tried always to have a quiet time with God before I started my revision that morning . |
| 11 | FISTS OF FIRE FRANK Bruno was yesterday promising a hot time for his next opponent Pierre Coetzer at a Press conference in London when a fire alarm went off and the building had to be evacuated . |
| 12 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
| 13 | He used to teach English in a comprehensive school and he probably had a rough time of it . |
| 14 | The event also provides a good time for parents to see evidence of the caring nature of the school and gain a flavour of the ethos and quality of relationships . |
| 15 | Besides having a good time at garden parties , Folly Fellowship members have pledged to fight to preserve ’ lovely and unloved buildings of little purpose from being destroyed . |
| 16 | Now began a difficult time for Colin and Mary . |
| 17 | In a big house it often takes a long time for everyone to find ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 18 | Some neighbours would even tell my daughters that I was n't at home because I was out having a good time with men . |
| 19 | The main season for preparing annual reports and accounts will soon be with us — the year end of 83 of the FTSE Top 100 companies falls between 31 December and 31 March — so now seems a good time for finance directors to assess whether their annual tome is user friendly . |
| 20 | Jim Bob , laughing , says that some of the crew are here , as much for him to talk to as for their tour responsibilities : ‘ Because if we were n't having a good time with our friends we could n't do this . ’ |
| 21 | So Bill Gates is n't having a great time at the moment and things may get worse once the US Federal Trade Commission reveals its findings about Microsoft 's business practices . |
| 22 | Ca n't have a jolly time without your mates . |
| 23 | ‘ I think it is very important to encourage younger women to see that it is possible to combine a career with having a family , that you do n't miss out on your children — my son wakes up every Saturday so excited that it 's the weekend , not because he does n't have a lovely time during the week , but because there 's nothing for him quite like his parents . ’ |
| 24 | Jaye was brought up in Hertfordshire and did n't have a happy time of it . |
| 25 | ‘ We ca n't fix a definite time of death until after the post mortem , but we 're working on the assumption that it was shortly after the time agreed for the rendezvous — midnight . |
| 26 | I was then permitted a short time during the lunch interval to study this new material before being cross-examined on it . |
| 27 | Bladder control at night sometimes happens a long time after control in the day , and as with daytime training , it 's best to wait until a child shows signs of being able to develop control . |
| 28 | Rather spend a short time on several drills and come back to them another day , than a long . |
| 29 | He was certainly in Italy before Narses died in 574 , and he subsequently spent a long time in Constantinople . |