Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence is solid … remember we were playing Wimbledon … the last thing they do is give the defence an easy time — I thought they coped well and limited Wimbledon to a few shot from the edge of the box — which beeney coped with admirably . |
| 2 | It took the mantri a long time to work right round the bull , from shoulder to rump down one side and then from rump to shoulder back up the other . |
| 3 | ‘ We suggested to the ministry a long time ago that they should find a flock with salmonella and test the eggs for salmonella . |
| 4 | One of the letters , to Val Hulme of ABC , said : ‘ I have met many innocent men inside this building of darkness , many who gave up the fight a long time ago . |
| 5 | She had stayed at the baths a long time , probably getting a chill , but worst of all no-one would testify that the water in the pool had had a proper dose of chlorine . |
| 6 | I 'm gon na give the shepherd a rough time of it ! |
| 7 | Rather an odd place to camp , having to keep your eye on the tides the whole time . ’ |
| 8 | The breakwater had given the kids the precious time they needed . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Truth is he 'll bring all the booze the other time did n't he ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In the test the boiling times and fuel-life figures for each stove were taken on a mild summer 's day with only a light breeze . |
| 14 | It had taken the mice a long time to explore , they had made short excited scurrying runs across the floor , then back to the hutch , nervous , unsure , limiting themselves to a small prescribed space , only later stepping out of it , extending their freedom . |
| 15 | Your people ripped off the land from the Indians a long time ago . |
| 16 | Commenting on the move the Financial Times of Aug. 7 said that it would " disappoint " the IMF which was currently considering an Indian request for a US$2,000 million standby credit . |
| 17 | She waited on the landing a long time , hating the awful quietness and longing for them to start shouting again so that she would know everything was all right . |
| 18 | Jefferson has been in the business a long time and is no fool , is he ? ’ |
| 19 | He 's been in the business a long time but believe it or not this is the first time he 's been inside for over twenty years . |
| 20 | It had been suggested that the Regulations did not apply if a business purchaser arranged with the buyer to sack employees in the business a short time before it was sold . |
| 21 | And the funny thing was , instead of being resentful of the changes , everybody seemed happier , seemed to have more sense of purpose , more enthusiasm for giving the guests a good time , instead of having one themselves . |
| 22 | MIDDLESBROUGH 'S success in being chosen Environment City has won the town a prime time slot on national radio . |
| 23 | The meeting is open to the public but expect Taylor to give the banks a hard time . |
| 24 | You would n't like to be chased all over the place the whole time would you ? |
| 25 | but you 're in the water the whole time . |
| 26 | I thought of the luxury we were enjoying ; our comfortable beds , baths , and motor cars , and then I recalled the ancient custom of giving a man selected for the sacrifice a royal time of it before the appointed day . |
| 27 | I usually do this as little as possible so that the children stay in the game a long time . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been in the game a long time and you do n't last forever . |
| 29 | I made it from old aluminium tent-poles , some of which I had found in the attic a long time previously and some I had got from the town dump . |
| 30 | The recession of the 1870s was shallow , but one that took the economy a long time to climb out of . |