Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just have a hard time writing songs ; it 's just not what I do real well . |
| 2 | I simply used the extra time to polish them a little . ’ |
| 3 | I never noticed the exact time , but I was in the bath when I heard the stir down here . ’ |
| 4 | I certainly had a good time and judging by the sweat on everyone 's brow as they worked to perfect their routines I think it was generally thought to be enjoyable and worthwhile . |
| 5 | Bearing this in mind and the fact that you only have a limited time to see it all , we 've put together these special tours . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disturb you , but could you perhaps spare a little time to come and talk to the Chief Superintendent ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , apparently she only has a short time to live ; David came back to be with her — he 's even living at Brooklands . ’ |
| 8 | But you always remember the first time . |
| 9 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 10 | ‘ We only have a short time , ’ Ell said . |
| 11 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |
| 12 | We often take a long time to hear of what is going on in the outside world and when we do find out , it can take even longer to get into the field . |
| 13 | And we really had a wonderful time doing it ! |
| 14 | But we need to have a degree of common ownership of at least the broad parameters of what the world may look like , and we then seek the whole time to simplify down and down and down . |
| 15 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 16 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 17 | However , the seeds had been sown in my mind — they just took a long time to grow ! |
| 18 | ‘ They often take a long time . |
| 19 | They simply had a good time together without really asking too many questions about each other . |
| 20 | ‘ Our stables are just a few miles away at Bognor and it only takes a short time to get him there . |
| 21 | Since it necessarily takes a long time to produce such a report , the mandatory period within which the legal claim should be registered has frequently , even usually , expired before the report is available . |
| 22 | Maybe it just seemed the right time , and the right place … ’ |
| 23 | They were out there , it just took a long time to find them . |
| 24 | It just requires a little time and activity from the old grey matter . |
| 25 | Bernie Ecclestone , however , feels guardedly optimistic , ‘ It always takes a long time to get an F1 race up and running in the US , ’ he said . |
| 26 | He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay . |
| 27 | He used to teach English in a comprehensive school and he probably had a rough time of it . |
| 28 | He really had a hard time and suffered a great deal over the years from the wounds he received back then . |
| 29 | In a big house it often takes a long time for everyone to find ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 30 | Also the fragility of the grammar — there are a number of features that are not covered by the grammar and it often takes a long time to reject the sentence . |