Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been windows on the westerly side of the school , but they appeared to have been built up a long time , judging from the appearance of the workmanship on the outside . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman asks whether we could debate them after they have been debated in the European Community , but we are talking about a long time ahead . |
| 3 | The death grant has been finished quite a long time ago , but there was the death grant erm because I can remember you know this , people telling me about this . |
| 4 | Each month lots were drawn for the names of the next families to leave , and the fortunate ones were given only a short time to make their final preparations . |
| 5 | Part of the reporting and accountability process is filling in a monthly time sheet which reinforces the emphasis on tasks . |
| 6 | well that 's going back a long time , is n't it ? |
| 7 | In such circumstances , if the Bank wishes to sell the stock it is holding over a reasonable time period , it will often be unable to avoid reducing its price . |
| 8 | Wolfgang , meanwhile , was having rather a good time in Vienna on his own , staying sometimes with his friends Leutgeb the horn-player and the Puchbergs , who kept him fed , and going out drinking with an old friend , Emmanuel Schikaneder , an actor , singer , writer and producer and the manager of the Theater auf der Wieden in the suburbs . |
| 9 | Each was dramatic and each was followed only a short time later by a key Congressional vote . ’ |
| 10 | The sixty-two year old man 's body was discovered just a short time after he went missing from his ward . |
| 11 | He was certified dead a short time later . |