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 | Erm I think Joe and Ray had a great time . |
| 5 | Even when you were small and Lizzie had a bad time of it , I saw to you . |
| 6 | He and Claudia spent a long time talking to the police and to the accused man . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've told yer plenty of times , me an' Tommy finished a long time ago . |
| 10 | 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 . |