Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recorded again a short time later : The overseers are harassed to death and summoned everyday before a justice , this will never do … |
| 2 | After a short while he found that the gypsies were taking their horses to him to be shod ; and he had quite a busy time shoeing gypsy horses . |
| 3 | Then he remembered the guard back at Wissembourg and knew he had only a limited time to cover his tracks . |
| 4 | As it was a weekend , all the bigger-wig doctors were not on duty but , knowing of Nigel 's condition and that he had only a short time to live , they brought him through . |
| 5 | He stood there a long time , letting the feeling ebb . |