Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | For us , all that symbolism represents a really bad time in our career , and part of the reason for us packing it all in . |
| 2 | So , the insects which feed on nectar need a very well-developed time sense if they are to secure a meal easily . |
| 3 | It is quite clear that in any examination the examiner has a very short time to spend on any individual question . |
| 4 | With one or two notable exceptions , among them Tchaikovsky 's First String Quartet and Piano Trio , and Borodin 's two quarters , 19th century Russian chamber music has a pretty thin time of it . |
| 5 | Thus it would seem that the ‘ dawn of civilisation ’ , so often quoted in a context suggesting that it represents a fairly finite occurrence taking a relatively short space of time , did , in all probability cover a very long time indeed , perhaps many thousands of years . |
| 6 | In terms of a human life-span , the development of a hill-slope takes a very long time , and one could not stay around long enough to test alternative theories of hill-slope development if observation of processes acting on the present landscape produced the only relevant data . |
| 7 | In some ways those days when she had lived in Paula 's shadow seemed a very long time ago , in others they might have been just yesterday . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister said a very short time ago that ’ If ’ Government ’ borrowing takes the strain , taxes — not just our taxes ’ — |
| 9 | Oliver 's serenade will introduce us to Vitellia and Sesto , Annio and Servillia , and the Emperor Titus — ‘ and it will be clear that the first couple have a really terrible time , and that the second pair have a really nice time , and that the last gent , the one who does n't get married at the end , has to reconcile the emotions of the other four in himself . ’ |