Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj] time [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The recovery is taking a little more time than I 'd hope for but I 'm rather impatient . |
| 2 | ‘ Now I 'm almost there , a little more time and I 'll prove my innocence . ’ |
| 3 | I may modify my behaviour to conform to the expectations of the group , and I will do so in a much shorter time than I would in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 4 | Er I do n't know shorthand but I thought y somebody who did know shorthand would probably have a less hard time than I do writing down notes . |
| 5 | Magnus has a far better time than I do . |
| 6 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , It is a very long time since I heard from you . |
| 7 | But it is now a very long time since I was there . ’ |
| 8 | It 's taken us both a very long time but I feel stronger and emotionally much more stable now . |
| 9 | This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know . |
| 10 | I mean when I wrote this book of bible poems in fact it took me a very long time and I started all sorts of subjects which I did n't finish , so , no , you have to be obedient to whether the poem intends to get written or not . |
| 11 | It took me a very long time because I do n't have the kind of face which people immediately commit to memory , but if you keep popping up for thirty-five years , then inevitably people are going to say , ‘ Do n't I know you ? ’ |
| 12 | that , that Playback 's left , you know , for , for a very long time because I think you 'll agree and |
| 13 | K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse . |