Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 2 | I thought it would be great down there , but I started having a bad time so I went back to Newcastle . |
| 3 | She explained that with some people one had to wait a long time before one saw what one wanted to see . |
| 4 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |
| 5 | When we got home my mother asked if we had had a good time and Syl said with great enthusiasm that we had . |
| 6 | She had had a wonderful time and took an extra turn of the floor . |
| 7 | ‘ She said she had had a wonderful time and liked the people of Merseyside , so I hope this unfortunate incident does n't remain in her mind . ’ |
| 8 | Our visit had taken a long time and we returned to Skeldale House for lunch . |
| 9 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |