Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 32 | I 'm sure it 's in Pauline 's garden because I 've seen a few times . |
| 33 | She was bound and helpless , and I 've masturbated a million times imagining girls I know in such situations . ’ |
| 34 | I 've forgotten the last time we really enjoyed ourselves together and sat down to a meal uninterrupted by telephone calls . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ I 've had a splendid time , ’ she replied instead , and when some minutes later a taxi whisked them back to their hotel she felt it had been a dream of an evening . |
| 36 | ‘ I 've had a great time , ’ Ashley said , thanking Vitor when he brought the car to a halt . |
| 37 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 38 | ‘ I 'm sorry sir , I 've had a tough time with this . |
| 39 | When the sightseeing tour was over , Little Billy sat down again on a large branch and said to the whole company of Minpins , ‘ Look , I 've had a lovely time with you all , but how am I ever going to get home again ? |
| 40 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 41 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 42 | ‘ I 've spent the whole time trying to convince myself it could never work between us , ’ he went on , as though she had n't spoken . |
| 43 | So I 've got a little time to speak ? |
| 44 | no , but we now know that , if it , if I 've got the right time , half past twelve 's fine |
| 45 | Well I mean I 'm , I 've got an easy time at the moment because I 'm on today . |
| 46 | As i want to be certain of something , I need to know the prime time to apply , to be sure of getting something I suppose . |
| 47 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 48 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 49 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 50 | Now I have discovered the waiting time at North Riding Infirmary in Middlesbrough is just two weeks . ’ |
| 51 | I have to look a second time |
| 52 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |
| 53 | But looking back on his past he can say simply : ‘ I have had a good time . ’ |
| 54 | Joel , 38 , who won Gola League title honours with Runcorn 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have had a good time as a player and I have decided that enough is enough . |
| 55 | ‘ I have had a great time at Sunderland , but I am ambitious and want to play in the Premier League . |
| 56 | You and I have had a great time over the last 32 years … most of the time . |
| 57 | ‘ I have had a wonderful time trying to select flowers that will complement each of you . |
| 58 | I have taken a little time to sketch the history of paragraph 16.5 of Code C in order to show that it is not directly linked to the ancient and deep-rooted privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 59 | Your reasons for this colossal exploitation of what is to you hi-tech may be quite divorced from ours ( we want to look for black holes , whereas you want to ascertain the precise time you should sacrifice a virgin in order to propitiate the gods ) , but the principle is much the same . |
| 60 | You want to have a good time and paint the town red this weekend , but somehow you feel restricted and constrained from enjoying life . |