Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj] time [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , er , that 's been resolved fortunately , we 've still got some delays on the Northern Line , and er , obviously do allow yourself a little extra time if you 're a Northern Line traveller . |
| 2 | ‘ The recovery is taking a little more time than I 'd hope for but I 'm rather impatient . |
| 3 | As I stood hesitating in the doorway , Miss Kenton appeared at my side and said : ‘ Mr Stevens , I have a little more time than you at the moment . |
| 4 | While you could of course do press-ups and go for walks , you will probably have a much better time if you join the new keep-fit brigade . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Magnus has a far better time than I do . |
| 8 | I 've had a really horrendous time while you 've been away cavorting with your Jews … ’ |
| 9 | All marriages are special occasions but a second marriage is a doubly precious time because you do not take everything for granted . |
| 10 | I was grateful to him for his tribute to the members of the two boundary committees , they did do an excellent job , they did it as he implied , slightly less un generously to the government er in a considerably shorter time than they and we would have liked but they did it very well and they did it very fairly . |
| 11 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , It is a very long time since I heard from you . |
| 12 | But it is now a very long time since I was there . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer . |
| 14 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 15 | Now that he was n't looming over her , she felt more composed , and it would be a very long time before she ever took a stranger on trust again . |
| 16 | I suppose we we would run the Independent as a professional publication , but it would be run at a loss for a very long time before you could turn it around . |
| 17 | It seemed a very long time before he came back . |
| 18 | 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 ? ’ |
| 19 | that , that Playback 's left , you know , for , for a very long time because I think you 'll agree and |
| 20 | Threats against her , a suggestion that she should leave the country for a very long time if she did n't want to get badly hurt . |
| 21 | Then the man spoke his first word in a very long time as he looked at Beth panting away . |
| 22 | I know for a fact that these nets were back in the river , in the hands of poachers , a very short time after they have been captured by the commission . ’ |