Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're all going to have a terrific time together , you know that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | I suppose fresh meat is better but you 're only suppose to keep a certain time anyway even in the freezer . |
| 3 | However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . " |
| 4 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |
| 5 | ‘ Users just want to have a good time , ’ he says . |
| 6 | Those who already sail have an exciting time trying to stay upright when it 's really blowing . |
| 7 | Those who already sail have an exciting time trying to stay upright when it 's really blowing . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just going to take a little time to put into operation . |
| 9 | Well , I think the thing for me is I do n't feel like I have to look brilliant , I just like to have a good time . |
| 10 | I just remember having a great time and then feeling tired and going off and having a sleep . |
| 11 | And having arrived in Zurich , or having returned there at the end of a tour round north Switzerland , visitors will probably want to spend a little time in a city about which they have heard so much . |
| 12 | But we also remember how that was n't sustained , and the cynical political fix of the Tories a few months later , that for the moment has coped with the government 's political crisis , and temporarily has bought a little time for a few pits . |
| 13 | So we do n't really need to make a set time actually , if we 're all there we just all come and we just . |
| 14 | Ferngrove Park , with its woods and meadows and deep thickets full of secret nooks and crannies , was a place where the Brownies really did have a grand time . |
| 15 | In the end , I really did have a good time at College . |
| 16 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 17 | A much quoted example is in Latin American cultures , where sales representatives are often kept waiting a long time for a business appointment ; in our culture this would be unorthodox , and at best it would be seen as being very bad mannered . |
| 18 | Both he and Amiss had spent a considerable time comforting Sunil , who had been throwing up on and off for over an hour . |
| 19 | The fans up there have waited a long time . |
| 20 | Flies which have their day length continually varied live a shorter time than those following a more normal routine . |