Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [art] [adj] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
| 2 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
| 3 | But I chose the wrong time when prices were depressed and there was n't a great deal to come after all the expenses were paid . |
| 4 | I took a little time off in Rome to do some shopping . |
| 5 | Mm , very good , yeah , I was spellbound when I first saw that , saw that about , I think the first time about three years ago |
| 6 | I was in my late twenties and , like any sailor , I liked a good time when I was on leave . |
| 7 | I had the best time ever . ’ |
| 8 | I wrote a long time ago to his Department and asked it to move against him and the Department failed to do so . |
| 9 | I suggested a little time ago that the surface indications offered both by Joyce 's life and by his writing up to including The Portrait — he does leave Ireland to live with his Nora in Triest , in Switzerland , in France , in Switzerland again , until his death in nineteen forty one , visiting Dublin for the last time in nineteen hundred and twelve — he does give us in Dubliners and The Portrait a sharp sense of the traps he feels he must escape from , the church tentacular , pervasive , the seedy provincialism , the narrowness , the philistine complacency . |
| 10 | She was also hungry , very hungry , she acknowledged a short time later as she did justice to the duckling and fresh vegetables Roman had ordered . |
| 11 | Good do you remember a long time ago doing factor trees and I gave you three sixty to do ? |
| 12 | So have you had a good time then ? |
| 13 | But how can you have a good time when you keep being reminded about ‘ the gulf between people who have stuff and the people who have shit ’ , or that ‘ the world does n't make sense [ to me ] any more ’ ? |
| 14 | Did you have a good time when you went up to King 's Lynn ? |
| 15 | — Did you have a good time tonight then ? — Yes . |
| 16 | ‘ She died a long time ago . |
| 17 | ‘ I want you to have a great time tonight , ’ he said several times , ‘ but do n't go without taking away 12 business cards . ’ |
| 18 | Take a rest and try again — it is amazing how much better you do the second time around . |
| 19 | I am only suggesting that you take a little time off , shall we say , until you are quite well again ? " |
| 20 | And then across the road she went afterwards , to that there , She had a lovely time there . |
| 21 | You had a good time though ? |
| 22 | ‘ You do n't look like you had the best time ever ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ And do n't forget you have a busy time ahead of you tomorrow . |
| 24 | If so , you need a winding-down time just before going to bed . |
| 25 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 26 | I know your ego finds that hard to believe , but just because we had a good time together for a couple of days does not necessarily mean that I 'm yours to play with whenever you feel like it ! ’ |
| 27 | Well after we had a good time there for so long then there was transferred down to Aldershot . |
| 28 | The money will go towards an extension and towards kitchen equipment in the extension , we had a nice time there , and there was a great deal of gratitude to the G M B. |
| 29 | ‘ We both spent most of our time working on the film , walking or sitting about in our dressing gowns and we had a great time together . ’ |
| 30 | We had a terrible time when my husband was made redundant five years ago . |