Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 I stopped mourning a long time ago . ’
2 ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything .
3 ‘ I like a drink and I like to have a good time !
4 I thought it would be great down there , but I started having a bad time so I went back to Newcastle .
5 I mean I use to do a full time job outside the home , then come back and do all the housework and the washing and the children .
6 You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better .
7 Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little .
8 I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late .
9 I had to wait a long time shut in .
10 And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’
11 Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more .
12 I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast .
13 An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this .
14 So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk .
15 I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’
16 I 've waited a long time for this . ’
17 I 've had a splendid time , ’ she replied instead , and when some minutes later a taxi whisked them back to their hotel she felt it had been a dream of an evening .
18 I 've had a great time , ’ Ashley said , thanking Vitor when he brought the car to a halt .
19 It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving .
20 ‘ I 'm sorry sir , I 've had a tough time with this .
21 When the sightseeing tour was over , Little Billy sat down again on a large branch and said to the whole company of Minpins , ‘ Look , I 've had a lovely time with you all , but how am I ever going to get home again ?
22 And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake .
23 I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now .
24 I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy .
25 He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it .
26 I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error .
27 I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer .
28 But looking back on his past he can say simply : ‘ I have had a good time . ’
29 Joel , 38 , who won Gola League title honours with Runcorn 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have had a good time as a player and I have decided that enough is enough .
30 I have had a great time at Sunderland , but I am ambitious and want to play in the Premier League .
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