Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman and I manage to spend a little time in Lancashire together , and that he will come to Bath . |
| 2 | ‘ I like a drink and I like to have a good time ! |
| 3 | I mean I use to do a full time job outside the home , then come back and do all the housework and the washing and the children . |
| 4 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 5 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 6 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 7 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 8 | I 've forgotten the last time we really enjoyed ourselves together and sat down to a meal uninterrupted by telephone calls . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've had a splendid time , ’ she replied instead , and when some minutes later a taxi whisked them back to their hotel she felt it had been a dream of an evening . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've had a great time , ’ Ashley said , thanking Vitor when he brought the car to a halt . |
| 11 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sorry sir , I 've had a tough time with this . |
| 13 | When the sightseeing tour was over , Little Billy sat down again on a large branch and said to the whole company of Minpins , ‘ Look , I 've had a lovely time with you all , but how am I ever going to get home again ? |
| 14 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 15 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've spent the whole time trying to convince myself it could never work between us , ’ he went on , as though she had n't spoken . |
| 17 | So I 've got a little time to speak ? |
| 18 | no , but we now know that , if it , if I 've got the right time , half past twelve 's fine |
| 19 | Well I mean I 'm , I 've got an easy time at the moment because I 'm on today . |
| 20 | As i want to be certain of something , I need to know the prime time to apply , to be sure of getting something I suppose . |
| 21 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 23 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 24 | Now I have discovered the waiting time at North Riding Infirmary in Middlesbrough is just two weeks . ’ |
| 25 | I have to look a second time |
| 26 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |
| 27 | But looking back on his past he can say simply : ‘ I have had a good time . ’ |
| 28 | Joel , 38 , who won Gola League title honours with Runcorn 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have had a good time as a player and I have decided that enough is enough . |
| 29 | ‘ I have had a great time at Sunderland , but I am ambitious and want to play in the Premier League . |
| 30 | You and I have had a great time over the last 32 years … most of the time . |