Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending . |
| 2 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 3 | Du n no people have said like that will last a really short time or a really long time , but what 's considered a short time I know what a long time is , a long time is like sort of four months three sort of four months onwards in n it for like people our age , what would a short time be they ? |
| 4 | when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all |
| 5 | Often he was right , often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in . |
| 6 | Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about |
| 7 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |
| 8 | ‘ I forgave you a long time ago . ’ |
| 9 | Could she survive it a second time ? |
| 10 | ‘ Did she give you a hard time ? ’ |
| 11 | She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads . |
| 12 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
| 13 | Is she giving them a hard time ? |
| 14 | Is she giving them a hard time ? |
| 15 | And in return , no doubt , you gave him a good time in bed ! ’ |
| 16 | You did it a long time before anybody else . |
| 17 | We are inundated with relatives we encourage it and we make it a special time . |
| 18 | We know you a long time , right ? |
| 19 | We lost ours a long time ago , but some people are still clinging to it , as they would to a piece of wreckage , in the hope that it will remain afloat . |
| 20 | Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence . |
| 21 | If you tell him to jump a jump twice , he does it ; but when you tell him to jump it a third time , he says , ‘ I 've had it , I 've done it twice and I 'm not going to do it again ! ’ |
| 22 | Did they give you a difficult time ? |
| 23 | ‘ Rainey put in some fast laps during the final stages of qualifying , so I was expecting him to give me a tough time , ’ said Doohan . |
| 24 | Great , they last me a long time |
| 25 | They gave me a bad time — they 'd all been in since they were seventeen and they were hard men . |
| 26 | and I visited their friends and went to their church with them and they gave me a wonderful time , did everything for me |
| 27 | As he walked downstairs , he read it a third time to make sure . |
| 28 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 29 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
| 30 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |