Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb past] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 They live modestly on income from securities that Edhi bought a long time ago .
2 Although Luke translated the whole time for her , she felt desperately isolated and sick with longing for Ricky .
3 The engine box had a centre ‘ handle ’ and Ian took a long time sighting his chimney by this .
4 Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E.
5 Erm I think Joe and Ray had a great time .
6 Even when you were small and Lizzie had a bad time of it , I saw to you .
7 He and Claudia spent a long time talking to the police and to the accused man .
8 Both Law and Baxter liked a good time , but language problems , an over-attentive press and the sheer tedium of living in a big city hotel , conspired against them .
9 They visited the same city , perhaps the same places , and spent the same amount of money — but Joy had a marvellous time , while Gloom was thoroughly miserable from start to finish .
10 ‘ I 've told yer plenty of times , me an' Tommy finished a long time ago .
11 The four-cylinder engine was more reliable in 1957 , but BRM took a long time to realise that the P25 's air strut suspension — carried over from the V16 — was the cause of its savage oversteer .
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