Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] me a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ 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 .
2 Great , they last me a long time
3 They gave me a bad time — they 'd all been in since they were seventeen and they were hard men .
4 and I visited their friends and went to their church with them and they gave me a wonderful time , did everything for me
5 I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words .
6 got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it
7 It takes me a little time to get calm again .
8 As for playing the Manson , well , it took me a little time to get into it .
9 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 .
10 It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’
11 It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men .
12 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 .
13 It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything .
14 It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment .
15 I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match .
16 It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through .
17 It took me a long time to remove the stain .
18 Clambering over rocks and following narrow sheep trails — which tended to peter out disconcertingly in the thick bracken — it took me a long time to find a possible beck-traversing spot .
19 It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them .
20 It took me a long time to find .
21 It took me a long time to understand that . ’
22 It took me a long time to find it , too , with no qualifications and a lifetime of being a housewife .
23 I , it took me a long time , time to realise that one can be for a mug .
24 so it took me a long time to live down my weeds the lady with the weeds
25 I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there
26 One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction .
27 But he gave me a hard time .
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