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 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Often he was right , often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | ‘ I forgave you a long time ago . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Did she give you a hard time ? ’ |
| 7 | Is she giving them a hard time ? |
| 8 | Is she giving them a hard time ? |
| 9 | And in return , no doubt , you gave him a good time in bed ! ’ |
| 10 | You did it a long time before anybody else . |
| 11 | We are inundated with relatives we encourage it and we make it a special time . |
| 12 | We know you a long time , right ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence . |
| 15 | Did they give you a difficult time ? |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | Great , they last me a long time |
| 18 | They gave me a bad time — they 'd all been in since they were seventeen and they were hard men . |
| 19 | and I visited their friends and went to their church with them and they gave me a wonderful time , did everything for me |
| 20 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
| 21 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
| 22 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |
| 23 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 24 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
| 25 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
| 26 | It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men . |
| 27 | It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like . |
| 28 | It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything . |
| 29 | ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment . |
| 30 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |