Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Geometricks styler took a long time to heat up . |
| 2 | Film superstar Alan Rickman took a little time to settle comfortably into the stage mantle of Shakespeare 's much-wronged prince , as if the echo of his own voice was vying with King Hamlet 's exhortations to do the deed , but this soon gives way to a gentle yet powerful Hamlet . |
| 3 | Well Aunt Sadie said a long time ago |
| 4 | Cardinal Heenan warned a long time ago that by the year 2,000 there would be no Catholic Church in our country if something was not done to rectify things . |
| 5 | Mr Howes said a short time later , Alan began to sway . |
| 6 | The story of Eddie Aikau began a long time ago : |
| 7 | Lacking today 's liberal pre-trial discovery , 19th century United States shippers suing in the United States had a difficult time proving the carriers ' negligence . |
| 8 | Noah 's family so quickly spoiled the new creation that God then made , and after Babel God began a third time with the calling of Abraham . |
| 9 | Ulster Country had a disappointing time up in the North-West last year and will be anxious to regain the trophy last won in 1990 . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , there is no word for hinge in Sesotho and Father George had a tough time trying to translate . |
| 11 | C. nevillii takes a longer time to root than most other species . |
| 12 | The spectre at the birthday feast : Patricia Clough predicts a humiliating time for Erich Honecker at the GDR 's 40th anniversary celebrations |
| 13 | A young Paul Gascoigne has a torrid time of it at the hands of the opposition in a league football match back in 1989 . |
| 14 | And if they do , are there still people like Chris Hunter to answer a thousand times a day : what have you got for a penny ? |
| 15 | It stood up to the race well and he and co-driver John Anthony had a fabulous time . |
| 16 | Mister Anderson has a tough time ahead of him . |