Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lasted all too shortly — maybe a fortnight or so — before they needed to be recharged , and they always seemed to fade at a crucial time , in the middle of your favourite programme . |
| 2 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 3 | Our team lost the game by 125 runs , but they reckoned overall it was the most enjoyable day 's cricket they 'd had in a long time . |
| 4 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 5 | So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time . |
| 6 | The phone seemed to ring for a long time . |
| 7 | Rain was impressed by the amount of information he had gathered in a short time . |
| 8 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 9 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 10 | Then he had gone , and the Curator had stared for a long time after him , and then at the golden eagle who stared blankly back at him . |
| 11 | The low fertility families in social class III had courted for a long time , decided carefully about marriage , moved house seldom , and tended to be upwardly mobile in their jobs . |
| 12 | Having driven past in the usual manner , the driver then had to go through a second time in reverse so that the mourners on the other side could also take a look . |
| 13 | Everyone had come for a good time , and they did not want it spoiling by some wildmen . |
| 14 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 15 | At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time . |
| 16 | Among the most dangerous was the Chaplain of the Repubblichini , a Catholic priest whom everybody had suspected for a long time . |
| 17 | After all , she had suspected for a long time now that he was aware of the effect he sometimes had on her . |
| 18 | Scientists on both sides of the Atlantic have said that the so-called ‘ Concorde ’ trial confirms what many had felt for a long time , namely that AZT taken on its own is likely to be limited in delaying the onset of AIDS . |
| 19 | Balcon was the sort of producer the British film industry had needed for a long time . |
| 20 | Gould found he ‘ had arrived at a good time , the birds having just commenced breeding ’ , and was immediately off to resume his researches with Natty and Jemmy in the cedar brushes of the Liverpool Range and on the nearby stretches of the Dart Brook . |
| 21 | He had driven to Roker in Sunderland and had walked for a long time on the beach , contemplating suicide , but had driven back to his son 's home . |
| 22 | She had known for a long time now . |
| 23 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 24 | at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time . |
| 25 | In most of the other colonies , Europeans had ruled for a long time . |
| 26 | It seemed to Tallis that she had smouldered for a long time before finally the fire had taken hold . |
| 27 | By 1984 , it had crystallized into a firm time control on the police power to detain without charge . |
| 28 | I was afraid Richard would mind , but , as it turned out , my election had happened at a convenient time . |
| 29 | It was in her honour that he , too , had shaved for a second time and puffed Carole 's deodorant over his private parts . |
| 30 | Peggy had lived for a long time with an aunt while her daddy and mummy were abroad , and she had been spoilt by always getting her own way . |