Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Erm in the nineteen fifties and right up until I became a full time official , erm there was generated an opinion that if companies were financially well off , due to the effort of the employees , then there was some formal entitlement for employees in these particular undertakings , to put forward a separate claim at domestic level , to , to enhance their pay . |
2 | I think that er one of the things that we had to examine at national level er and this was done erm after I became a full time officer , erm there 'd usually be a procedure in the national agreement er whereby first of all if we registered failure to agree at domestic level , erm with the management , the next stage was to draw in the district secretary . |
3 | They when I when I became a full time employer er a full time employee with the union it was all more or less small bakeries . |
4 | Then that I got that book back when I became a full time official it was still in the still in the office . |
5 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
6 | I 'll get a I got a new time for my er twenty five sprint which was sixteen forty four in one length . |
7 | Someone reported a long time ago that an old lady , on her deathbed , was heard to say : ‘ Weel , it will be a great blessing to hear at last the real truth of the Gowrie conspiracy ’ . |
8 | I spent a little time ‘ fishing ’ these to the back and either tying off , or sewing in . |
9 | I spent a long time photographing the falls , taken with their grace . |
10 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
11 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
12 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
13 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
14 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
15 | From the time that I was about eight , the Boxing Booth acted as a magnet to me and I spent a considerable time gazing in awe as the boxers paraded on the small stage outside the tent , ready to take on all corners . |
16 | I spent a happy time in Mavhinje . |
17 | Desperate now , I pulled a third time , and a third time the boots slipped . |
18 | I very nearly took you then and there , standing up , in a cold dark cave … after that I needed a little time to sort through my feelings , sabiha tieghi … ’ |
19 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
20 | I took a little time off in Rome to do some shopping . |
21 | Mind you yours took a long time , you know that bump Tom had going to his |
22 | I was in my late twenties and , like any sailor , I liked a good time when I was on leave . |
23 | Two years ago , for example , I had a rough time . |
24 | I always knew it probably could n't last because nothing goes on forever , but in that time , I had a great time in New York , and it seemed at one point that everyone was there when David was doing the week at the Universal Amphitheatre . |
25 | It was fun-time in the Big Apple and Connors admitted : ‘ I had a great time . |
26 | I had a great time with her , we were chatting away and I fancied there was a twinkle in her eye because I was quite a catch then . |
27 | I had a great time . |
28 | I had a great time . |
29 | I sold the jewels I was wearing and de Michelet and I had a splendid time until the money was gone . |
30 | ‘ I had a splendid time in London , ’ he added , with an air of triumph . |