Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the driver spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 2 | The pig spent the whole time being smacked to and fro , hence ‘ piggie in the middle ’ . |
| 3 | The seal spent a long time underwater , thinking . |
| 4 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 5 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 6 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 7 | Mr Stitt added that it was crazy to move the SAR flight away from the RAF Leuchars mountain rescue team , with which the crews spent a considerable time training . |
| 8 | The Cage disappeared a long time ago in the past , leaving whoever buys the property , a clear view across the Chilterns into the future . |
| 9 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 10 | — hit the bottle with a vengeance when the group made the big time . |
| 11 | THE head went a long time ago , then it was the legs — but on Thursday night it was Martina Navratilova 's heart that had gone from her game . |
| 12 | The embrace lasted a long time . |
| 13 | The staff had a hard time assuring him that is was all make-believe . |
| 14 | The train stood a long time in Gloucester Road station , for no apparent reason . |
| 15 | The five members of the jury had a difficult time choosing the winner from the eight finalists , says Colin Bruder , general manager of Guinness GmbH . |
| 16 | Although their choice of dishes was less than adventurous — they all chose Britain 's favourite curry chicken tikka masala ( £6.25 with £1.60 pilau rice ) apart from Rosemary Lamont , who opted for lamb pasanda ( £6.10 ) — the foursome had a riotous time by all accounts . |
| 17 | The girls spent a long time putting their new wardrobe together . |
| 18 | Before the 1967 Act the labs had a hard time of it , I can tell you , when all scientific evidence had to be given orally . |
| 19 | And the City took a long time to wake up to Europe 's moves towards monetary union ; its bid to host a European central bank was made later than most others . |
| 20 | The ditch seemed a long time ago : two weeks and three days back to the lonely silent abandoned struggle in the attic , to the life that seemed now to be the dream , with Shellerton the reality . |
| 21 | So it 's a matter of keeping the bank advised the whole time . |
| 22 | All that came later , when the Company reached the big time . ’ |
| 23 | I was in command of a heavily laden Stirling which was renowned for the fact that on a cold night the engines took a long time , even with the grills closed , to warm up . |
| 24 | The sinews of political and economic integration required to enable the expanded raising of resources by the Crown took a long time to create . |
| 25 | But many of the boys took a long time to get over their paralysed state . |
| 26 | The towns accepted the new time , but not the country areas . |
| 27 | They were principally used on board ship to measure its speed by counting the number of knots paid out on a line tied to a log floating astern , while the sand-glass measured a given time that was usually half a minute . |
| 28 | She was always rushing off to the Housing Applicant Office and the interviews took a long time . |