Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's rather busy — you 've come at a bad time , I 'm afraid , Miss Holbrook . |
| 2 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 5 | Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time . |
| 6 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 7 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 8 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
| 9 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
| 10 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 11 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 12 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 13 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
| 14 | why , that 's what the problem you 've spoken for a long time you just know it , but you do n't know why you use that way , you just do that way . |
| 15 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 16 | But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time . |
| 17 | You 've wanted for a long time to conduct Le Sacre in the theatre ? |
| 18 | ‘ It was as hard as I 've practised in a long time , ’ said the Ryder Cup player . |
| 19 | I wonder — I 've wondered for a long time — was I right , or was I wrong ? |
| 20 | On a video-film made at Highlander entitled ‘ Save our Land and People , ’ a variety of these groups speak to each other about their own problems and possible solutions , hopes and fears , and I think it is no accident that some of the most beautiful music and evocative songs which I have heard for a long time comes from these people . |
| 21 | You have hidden for a long time , Maggie , and missed so much . ’ |
| 22 | Some learning resources are cheaper than others , and British primary schools have improvised for a long time with the very simplest materials including the discarded packaging of the consumer society . |
| 23 | As an apologist , he seems totally blind to the fact that the New Testament is just such a collection of old books , which require , if we are to understand them aright , patience and a willingness to listen to scholars who have meditated for a long time on the nature of the ( often quite puzzling and contradictory ) material which they contain . |
| 24 | If I add that the majority of Cubists were formerly considered to be Fauves , I can demonstrate how far these young artists have come in a short time and the logic of their vision . |
| 25 | They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time . |
| 26 | ‘ Marcus is the best young athlete and talent I have seen for a long time , ’ said Allison . |
| 27 | If you saw it over the weekend I mean there was I think it was group sex er it was it wa was gay sex and it was all going on I mean it was all I thought it was the most exciting thing I have seen for a long time to be quite honest . |
| 28 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 29 | This has been one of the best Friday debates that I have attended for a long time . |
| 30 | ( Hereford cattle entries have slumped to an all time low of just fifty nine here at the show.The ancient local breed has been hit by competition from Continental cattle.But now the Hereford farmers are fighting back with a scheme to boost beef sales.Richard Barnett reports : ) |