Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Each defendant and his witness are given a limited time — say fifteen minutes altogether — in the box .
2 The Dolphin Sunday Dance Club is to hold an old time and modern sequence dance tomorrow from 2.15pm until 4.30pm at the Dolphin Centre , Darlington .
3 Meanwhile , the Bodegraven was having a hard time trying to dear Dutch waters .
4 The nights grew colder , but in the early morning the rising sun was caught a thousand times in the droplets of moisture that formed in the webs that spiders wove across the bars of Creggan 's cage .
5 ‘ When I step back from it all , I see tennis was invented a long time ago .
6 Gedanken was having a great time .
7 Chapman 's message to Huddersfield 's supporters was full of his customary cheery confidence : ‘ The team are having a fine time .
8 Forest are having a bad time — they 've lost six matches without winning . ’
9 Those hyacinths in the cauldron are taking a long time to come out are n't they ?
10 Too many companies decide that if the product is having a tough time in the market , the answer is to change the packaging , and DEC is tarting up its famous lower-case ‘ digital ’ logo , which has stood the company in excellent stead since 1957 .
11 It had looked as if Robert Palmer was getting Digital Equipment Corp back onto an even keel , but now comes cause for great concern : too many companies decide that if the product is having a tough time in the market , the answer is to change the packaging , and DEC is tarting up its famous lower-case ‘ digital ’ logo , which has stood the company in excellent stead since 1957 ; the updated logo features ‘ a more contemporary typeface and slight modifications to the spacing of the design 's blocks ’ , and the white letters now appear on a burgundy background instead of the traditional blue — and we hope the company gets some very tough questioning at the annual meeting over the cost .
12 In Ipswich , the Amberstone Bookshop was having a better time of it after a steady year , supported by some strong local titles .
13 ‘ The entire community was resettled a long time ago .
14 No doubt No. 6 Commando were having a rough time in their area .
15 He had taught the bird to pronounce the name of his lost love , and this name was repeated a hundred times a day .
16 the county keeper was shaken a few times but not often stirred
17 Once a Bill is read a first time , it can be printed and is usually available the next day .
18 Mr. Brian Wilson ( Cunninghame , North ) : I beg to move , That the clause be read a Second time .
19 I beg to move , That the clause be read a Second time
20 Question put , That the clause be read a Second time :
21 I beg to move , That the clause be read a Second time .
22 The Question is , That the clause be read a Second time .
23 In opposing a Bill , however , the opposition ( occasionally it may be a dissident member of the government party ) will move an amendment not to the text of the Bill , but to the motion that the Bill be read a second time ( the motion before the House ) .
24 The usual one is an amendment to the effect ‘ that the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months ’ hence' when , historically , the session would have ended and the Bill thus have lapsed .
25 A Member simply gives notice and eventually moves that the Bill be read a first time .
26 We all recognise that the British farmer is having a rough time .
27 Read the first time on 12 February 1844 , his creditors and debtors bill was read a second time on 30 April .
28 Where the principle object of a Bill was money , it was formerly the practice for it to be made the subject of a debate in the Commons upon a resolution before the Bill was read a first time .
29 Iain Christie , chairman of the processing group , said : ‘ This promotion was arranged a long time ago , before this import situation surfaced .
30 Those hyacinths in the corner are taking a long time to come out , are n't they ?
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