Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | In July I was readmitted a second time , having finally obtained recognition of my French doctorate after more than a year . |
2 | Ooh I was taken a long time ago . |
3 | ‘ She 's taken a long time to throw off the illness and is still not fully fit , ’ said Sheppard 's Milngavie and Bearsden coach , Alex McNeil . |
4 | ‘ On the way home , we were approached a second time , by an Me 109 . |
5 | They were gone a long time . |
6 | The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose . |
7 | Town 's first Easter delight came on saturday against Luton at the County Ground … they were given a tough time in this one … a draw would have been a good result … a fair one too … but thanks to Paul Bodin the full-back with a golden boot they went and snatched a win … |
8 | That that used to be mentioned between us er er a few times , I can remember it being mentioned a few times . |
9 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
10 | The Body being thus equipp 'd and laid in the Coffin ( which Coffin is sometimes very magnificent ) , it is visited a second time to see that it is bury 'd in Flannel , and that nothing about it sowed with Thread . |
11 | ‘ A bad argument remains a bad argument even if it is repeated a thousand times . ’ |
12 | Secondly , the court may order him to forfeit his office if he is convicted for corruption under the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 , and if he is convicted a second time under that Act he may be adjudged incapable for ever of holding a public office . |
13 | But despite this , Mr Pacey denies he 's chosen a bad time to go . |
14 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
15 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |
16 | After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up . |
17 | And so these two brothers , they both got back on , but unfortunately er Les , he was made a full time official of the miners , when he retired , full time official of the miners union . |
18 | ‘ Dr Henry is extremely short-sighted and as he bent down to try to find them , he was punched a second time , which caused him to fall back and land on a bench , ’ Mr Thomas said . |