Example sentences of "[adj] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | MIND realised this a long time ago . |
| 2 | She laboured at this a long time , taking great care in the shaping and moulding of the tiny , human forms , but then she grew tired . |
| 3 | Is this a good time to invest with them ? |
| 4 | I 'll give you lots of support — Helen : Is this a good time for you to do this , though ? |
| 5 | In its latest Mortgage Monthly , Adrian Coles argues that rates are at their lowest for 14 years making this a good time to plunge into home ownership . |
| 6 | So to call this a chemical time bomb is not unduly alarmist ? |
| 7 | would she be able to is this a full time worker you 've got ? |
| 8 | ‘ Is this a bad time ? ’ he asked , allowing Rain to put him off . |
| 9 | Who would have believed this a short time ago ? … |
| 10 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 11 | ‘ The petition read , ‘ It is incumbent upon the council to prevent the crown falling to issue of the pretended wedlock between his late Majesty and the lady Elizabeth Woodville , made without the consent of the lords of the land , and by the sorcery of the said Elizabeth and her mother Jacquetta — as the voice is throughout the land — privily and secretly in a chamber , without proclamation by banns according to the laudable custom of the English church ; the said King Edward being married and troth-plight a long time before to one , Eleanor Butler , daughter to the old Earl of Shrewsbury ’ . ’ |
| 12 | That should give us at least half a whole time equivalent nurse on every ward . |
| 13 | ‘ Anyway , I am sure he would not find anyone who would give him such a good time . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't know I could have such a good time so close to home . |
| 15 | It hurts more because we had such a good time in the Eighties . |
| 16 | Davis had such a good time in Paris that when he got back to the US , he was so depressed that ‘ before I knew it , I had a heroin habit that took me four years to kick . ’ |
| 17 | Glad to hear you had such a good time . |
| 18 | Others I met included , who had organised this splendid day in conjunction with , who live at nearby Fonmon Castle , in South Glamorgan ; , who is secretary of the Cirencester Polo Club , and his charming wife who is such a good time keeper and was going to time the match later . |
| 19 | ‘ Those two are going to have such a good time — is n't it just so lucky , their being born almost together ? ’ |
| 20 | That she appeared to be having a marvellous time in Jamaica and was being hopelessly indulged by Dunbar had elicited no more than a shrug of Harry 's shoulders and a vague comment about his being delighted she was having such a good time . |
| 21 | ‘ And Terry and Stephen seemed to have such a good time there . |
| 22 | Julia Newton , Kath Metcalfe , Helen Rhodes , Sue Thirkill , Andy Stuart , Simon Cash , Yvonne Johnson , Nicola McGrath and Mike Smethurst had such a good time they are already planning another get-together in the not too distant future . |
| 23 | She 's had such a good time and made so many new friends that she 's quite resigned to going back to school in a few days ’ time . ’ |
| 24 | But after our day out when we 'd had such a good time it seemed as though you might care and that we could have a chance . |
| 25 | I had such a good time myself , ’ says Susan . |
| 26 | have such a good time . |
| 27 | At such a critical time Aldfrith would surely have returned to Northumbria with all speed . |
| 28 | ‘ We had such a great time on stage that we wanted to do something else , ’ said Kylie . |
| 29 | And , you know , we all lost a good friend ; I 'd had such a great time over those last two days working with him and with Eric , and I think about that time quite a bit . |
| 30 | An organiser said : ‘ She was having such a great time she did n't want to go . |