Example sentences of "we [vb base] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before focusing on the way in which educational accountability has manifested itself in evaluation procedures we want to spend a little time exploring this more general picture . |
| 2 | We seem to have a good time whenever we 're out and always have something to talk about , which is really great . |
| 3 | However , independently of machines , we do have a natural time sense . |
| 4 | You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today . |
| 5 | So we 've got a little time left . |
| 6 | Oh every year , oh well we 've got a long time to keep it going , within about the first , within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top |
| 7 | But anyway we 've got a tight we 've got a tight time scale . |
| 8 | We 've got a tight time scale so we 've got to do this reasonably . |
| 9 | Yeah we 've had a brilliant time . |
| 10 | I mean I 'll be upset about our Whisky , 'cos we 're , I mean , we 've had a long time , although she 's not a pet pet , you know what I mean . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've had a marvellous time , ’ they beam , ‘ really marvellous . ’ |
| 12 | We 've had a cu We 've had a first time they 've erm quote at two thousand one hundred and seventy six pounds . |
| 13 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
| 14 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 15 | If any are received erm by the cutoff date , then it has to be my my submission that we have to have a reasonable time to respond . |
| 16 | Er we have to have a reasonable time to respond . |