Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It ca n't be denied that all this has taken a very long time to come about , but I think that , political wrangling aside , much of the delay has been due to genuine uncertainty about the tax implications of moving money around from one body to another . |
| 2 | The disentangling of ancient mergers that we observe here has taken a very long time , and the best explanation for the persistence of this alternating class is again a social explanation : the ‘ vernacular ’ alternant carries an identity function and strong connotations of closeness and intimacy . |
| 3 | ‘ She 's had a pretty rotten time in some ways , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's had a very unhappy time . |
| 5 | Christopher 's had a really good time so have I so has Robert . |