Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [art] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually , by walking slowly and shielding her from the wind as much as possible with my body , I cut the wings-open time to a minimum . |
| 2 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 3 | Well I 'm , I think er , although I have no personal time for Mrs Thatcher politically at all , I think she 's an absolutely classic victim of misogyny . |
| 4 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |
| 5 | And everybody was getting a bit bored with it cos as it dragged on this is s seven months when you know a long time to be I never thought it would have gone this as long as that when we started off with it . |
| 6 | We note the elapsed time at that quarter-point , knock off a minute to allow for the initial climb out of Gransden , and mentally predict the arrival time at the half-way point . |
| 7 | But does their mother think they get a hard time at school from the locals ? |
| 8 | ‘ True , but they have a pleasant time in the sun while they 're about it . |
| 9 | They spend a happy time in Venice , but eventually Martin departs . |