Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj] time and " in BNC.

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1 It was the fact that he felt he had done it right the first time and not nearly as well the second time .
2 NOT ONLY the classic time and dimension-bending post-modern tome — as the notorious recluse 's agent informed me , ‘ Pynchon does not allow film . ’
3 I seemed to have more time to get things together the second time and Fringe stayed beside Bob fairly smoothly to the end .
4 Hayling 's dummy had been a marathon performance over months , whilst Sutton had had only a short time and few people .
5 Of course , we were here for only a short time and what time we had we spent with Debbie .
6 We 've been together a long time and people in the band like Paul and Mark and Gaz have a few things to prove themselves .
7 You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry .
8 ‘ We are going to Liverpool at just the right time and there 's no reason for them to expect any favours from us . ’
9 Robert Dunlop appears to be hitting form at just the right time and overall he is in second place for tomorrow 's Superbike races with a best speed of 118.85mph as opposed to Fogarty 's 121.65 which is the fastest lap of practice .
10 A level-top , apart from its looking well , was emphasized for a good economic reason : if the ploughland was level , the drill coulters would bite in at an uniform depth , and sow the seed in the same way ; the ears of corn would then mature at approximately the same time and all the seeds of corn would be approximately the same size .
11 This was not the first time and , if he had survived , certainly would not have been the last .
12 And maybe , she thought , if I 'm lucky he 'll be away a long time and I 'll meet an interesting man .
13 His father 's been dead a long time and he has-had — two brothers . ’
14 Many of us have a special tune or song that conjures up a particular time and place whenever we hear it , or brings back a flood of memories , but we may have no way of celebrating it .
15 I was annoyed when came back the last time and I thought oh my goodness I hope I have n't given that woman any annoyance .
16 That 's why I thought , when I come back the next time and you 're upset I said oh no way do I want to upset a woman like that .
17 If the car was still moving , police could work out a safe time and location to intercept it .
18 Although he was sacked he was taken back a fourth time and he did indeed die in harness .
19 Because the common holly , Ilex aquifolium , has been around a long time and produced many ornamental varieties , you will find quite a few with fancy botanical names .
20 ‘ She has been here a long time and will be here for even longer , ’ Felipe answered smoothly .
21 This siter has been here a long time and is part of the area .
22 ‘ I moved here in September so I have only been here a short time and we have had a lot of changes in the past because of the moves Eric has made , ’ she says .
23 from er statement banks for pupils for quite a long time and why
24 We have , we have had that form kicking around for quite a long time and it 's never really been
25 We walked for quite a long time and covered a good deal of ground .
26 This takes quite a long time and slowly the boat turns around .
27 and er you know I think coming to a , a university is a thing that you know like it 's a very sort of novel experience for a lot of people and you know certainly when I started the human psych course here , you know about twelve , thirteen years ago erm you know I did n't know what on earth was , was requ required and I agonized over work for quite , quite a long time and er
28 ‘ This has been quite a punishing time and some of my family have been badly hurt .
29 Although no one will doubt their possibilities for elegance and robustness , sitting on a solid wood seat can test the limits of comfort after quite a short time and woven seats are little better .
30 They 'd planned to stay there a long time and they left fingerprints all over the place
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