Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I stopped mourning a long time ago . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything . |
| 3 | I thought it would be great down there , but I started having a bad time so I went back to Newcastle . |
| 4 | You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better . |
| 5 | Despite the failings of the course I did have an excellent time and was not put off continuing with chemistry . |
| 6 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 7 | I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late . |
| 8 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 9 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 10 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
| 11 | I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast . |