Example sentences of "[noun sg] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of you that have children or er are involved in education in any way at the moment will be well aware of the cut and problems that are going on er within reorganization within education in this country at the moment and I learnt to sail through the National School Sailing Association a long time ago er and thousands and thousands of youngsters have done that over the years . |
| 2 | The other boy will mash tea a dozen times a day — your house becomes a transport cafe . |
| 3 | I think you 're only talking about redundancies if we ca n't erm take some short term work from elsewhere , er as opposed to , I mean , I 'm suggesting at the moment we take stock a longer time |
| 4 | The lamb he was after he saw now was a black and white one that had been sickly and Jack had kept in the lambing-shed a long time . |
| 5 | Any discomfort as a result of this will be mentally connected with pain and it will take the horse a long time to forget both physically and mentally . |
| 6 | rachel says she learnt to ski with Chantelle at Gloucester five years ago … she has been out to the snow a few times this season and to be good you have to be able to get out there but this slope is good … and almost like the real thing |
| 7 | I mean Tony 's been at the club a long time he 's expressed a wish to go erm his style and his age is probably just right to go on the continent , he 's twenty six years of age and er I would guess that his particular style wou possibly would be better suited to continental play than it is in England . |
| 8 | One thing , one thing about it , it 's crossed my mind a long time ago is er the idea of erm in the half hour or whatever twenty minutes before a concert , doing er concert programme notes |
| 9 | Patrick had seen the chance to ask a question that had been on his mind a long time . |
| 10 | It did go through my mind a few times , but at the time it does n't seem that important . |
| 11 | it 's been uppermost in my mind a few times but the I daresay I would n't go to prison the first time . |
| 12 | I 'm gon na give the shepherd a rough time of it ! |
| 13 | Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time . |
| 14 | The remainder of the finishers were either remounted or put to the fence a second time . |
| 15 | ‘ A friend of mine owned the studio and had been in the music industry a long time and was amazed that this 16-year-old had the whole production idea worked out in her head . ’ |
| 16 | The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . |
| 17 | Peter Shillinglaw , secretary of New Brighton Lifeboat which had to go into action a few times , said : ‘ I can not help but think the organisers of this race have been very , very lucky over the years . ’ |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I was on the verge of the England squad with Norwich and played for the Under-21 side a few times . |
| 19 | Well I mean I do I 've been doing aerobics a long time . |
| 20 | Moving the special report , Section and Industrial Conferences and also President if I may , at the same time , moving motion one one one A on behalf of the C E C , rather than returning to the rostrum a second time . |
| 21 | Discouraged and exhausted by all the struggles of orthodox opera production Brook abandoned the opera house circuit a long time ago but first with Carmen and now Pelleas he has reached into the heart of operas , purifying them without diminishing them . |
| 22 | Discouraged and exhausted by all the struggles of orthodox opera production , Brook abandoned the opera house circuit a long time ago but first with Carmen and now Pelleas he has reached into the heart of operas , purifying without diminishing them . |
| 23 | He was from and he 'd been out of work a long time . |
| 24 | Her granny , who had been a Brownie Guider a long time ago , had told her about how a Brownie smiles instead of crying when in trouble . |
| 25 | Liszt greatly admired him , and Rubenstein , too , commended Field to his pupils as ‘ a perfectionist who would practise a passage a thousand times . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Gee , you sure know how to show a boy a good time . ’ |
| 27 | Well having seen Blackburn Rovers away from home a few times this season I I 've got ta say at half time I thought they 'd they 'd be comfortably in control . |
| 28 | I have asked myself this question a thousand times , a hundred thousand times . |
| 29 | But do n't go counting on my mercifulness a second time . |
| 30 | He knew how to give a girl a good time . |