Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [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 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 4 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |
| 5 | After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |