Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each month lots were drawn for the names of the next families to leave , and the fortunate ones were given only a short time to make their final preparations . |
| 2 | I loved him , as much as an alien can entertain love for a being on a green planet where she knows she has only a certain time . |
| 3 | They are oh I do n't ken when but they must you ken obviously a long time ago story . |
| 4 | He moved over a long time ago from playing an SG Standard and an ES-345 when he found his beloved fixed-bridge ‘ 64 Stratocaster , which is standard apart from an extra treble-boost toggle switch . |
| 5 | The carburettor had clogged up a second time in the storm and they had had to wait until it was over . |
| 6 | Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up a fastest time of the day . |
| 7 | A break during the middle of the day and a return to the stables — apart from the question of distance from the field where the work was being done — would have meant unyoking and yoking up a second time for another stint in the afternoon ; and this would have lengthened the day without appreciably lengthening the working time . |
| 8 | I thought that once , when I did my first removal because the boss was away , and I went to a house wh and they had more more mirrors in that house than I s ever seen since , and because I was only learning and I had n't been taught I put all the other furniture in and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors till at the end there was so much furniture in there was n't room to put the mirrors on the floor and I had to come back a second time to actually do that because I did n't dare put them anywhere else . |
| 9 | These all turned out to be negative and the examining doctor decided to take rectal samples when she returned for her results as he felt she would be unlikely to come back a third time . |
| 10 | But we do talk and what I know is you are essentially a decent and totally wonderful human being and I 'll hang around a long time for you . |
| 11 | However , this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all . |
| 12 | Its very upsetting in more ways than one and an awkward time for a change of priests so Fr John will want just a little time to settle in and feel at home . |
| 13 | A spokesman for Hampshire police said : ‘ It seems Mrs Soper died and then her husband passed away a short time later . |
| 14 | " He should have done so a long time ago . |
| 15 | Part of the reporting and accountability process is filling in a monthly time sheet which reinforces the emphasis on tasks . |
| 16 | Mother Bernie had said so a long time ago and all Preston 's life 's experiences since then had born it out . |
| 17 | Some students find it best to set aside a regular time each week ( perhaps at the weekend ) to file all the notes taken during the previous week . |
| 18 | There had been windows on the westerly side of the school , but they appeared to have been built up a long time , judging from the appearance of the workmanship on the outside . |
| 19 | And secondly , we 'll be able to sort out a reasonable time for getting her home . |
| 20 | Charles drove out a short time later back to Highgrove . |
| 21 | Rattling in the chest ; every cold goes to the chest or nose and the catarrh hangs on a long time . |
| 22 | Literally speaking , ephemera are things that last only a day ; in the more accepted sense , things destined to endure only a short time ; but , by a curious paradox , in the most modern sense , things which have , in fact , long survived their predestined span . |
| 23 | Hayling 's dummy had been a marathon performance over months , whilst Sutton had had only a short time and few people . |
| 24 | Usually he can spend only a limited time at one session in the tasting room as his work involves so much keen concentration . |
| 25 | ‘ We should have got together a long time ago , when I was n't an old man . ’ |
| 26 | So court dominates St Aldate 's throughout the war , and I think therefore we should spend just a little time looking at the people involved , erm but not too much . |
| 27 | Both women had been surprised when he turned up a second time . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Are we going out a third time ? |
| 30 | If the car was still moving , police could work out a safe time and location to intercept it . |