Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Level 3 Know that some life forms became extinct a long time ago and others more recently . |
| 2 | MIND realised this a long time ago . |
| 3 | I realised this the first time I saw her dressed up to go out — excited , nervous and yet so alive . |
| 4 | In all other cases outside of those exceptions the order which prescribes unpleasant consequences , unless a person does a particular act , must make clear the precise time within which the act is to be done ( RSC Ord 42 , r 2(1) ) . |
| 5 | He laughed wryly , walking over to the window to stare at the view she had enjoyed such a short time before . |
| 6 | These victims are also quite evidently vermin too , like the foxes , hares , rats , badgers and defeated boxers that are given such a hard time in the established sports of Old England . |
| 7 | That they did not do and now the leader of the council said well they 're trying to get down to the standard spending assessment at last , he could have done that a long time ago , you have had nothing but excess expenditure proposals on behalf of this city for many , many years . |
| 8 | About one in three adults can do this the first time they try it . |
| 9 | ‘ What do you think made you feel funny the last time ? ’ |
| 10 | The city spread out below her looked so calm , almost as calm as she had felt such a little time before . |
| 11 | Myra 's familiar voice made her want to cry ; it seemed such a long time since things had been normal , with nothing more exciting than new orders to think about . |
| 12 | Sean Walsh seemed watchful the whole time . |
| 13 | Schiller 's resignation came soon after the decisive Bundestag vote on the ‘ Eastern Treaties ’ and made mid-1972 a difficult time for Brandt . |
| 14 | gosh you 've had that a long time |
| 15 | ‘ Well , consider this the ideal time to learn , ’ he said softly , and she could have quite willingly screamed . |
| 16 | And , you know , we all lost a good friend ; I 'd had such a great time over those last two days working with him and with Eric , and I think about that time quite a bit . |
| 17 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's had such a rotten time . |
| 19 | She 's had such a good time and made so many new friends that she 's quite resigned to going back to school in a few days ’ time . ’ |
| 20 | But after our day out when we 'd had such a good time it seemed as though you might care and that we could have a chance . |
| 21 | Last night , while sitting doing my ration of embroidery , I thought of what we had been talking about — the paying guest , and have come to the conclusion that you ought not to undertake such a responsibility as you have had such a difficult time in one way and another with sickness and trouble . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've had such a lovely time , ’ she said as Ethel fell on her in ecstasy , ‘ and Ethel 's lick is much more efficient than cleansing cream . ’ |
| 23 | We 've had such a wonderful time these past days — ’ |
| 24 | They say that , as the wars happened such a long time ago we should simply forget about them now . |
| 25 | When members of Congress returned to Washington , not only did the Senate Republicans stand firm a third time , but conservative and moderate Democrats were emboldened to seek further cuts in spending , together with modifications to Mr Clinton 's energy tax . |
| 26 | There 's no excuse for that and if we 're er having as one of our major platforms of our business initiative 's quality , then er the quality must be right one hundred per cent all the time er so I was somewhat bothered that we were an an disappointed I suppose that we did n't get high ratings in the quality control reviews which were carried out , so to that end we were make make sure the next time we came round with a better score er so er we are looking at what 's called hot reviews which is looking at er an audit for example before it 's finalised by somebody completely independent of the job carrying out a technical review of the way in which tha that audit has been conducted er we are looking at it after the jobs been finished and probably in the slack season in the summer get people to actually review as if they were doing a dry quality control review of the job er prior to us getting an external review er carried out . |
| 27 | He spent such a long time alone in consultation with her daughter that Harriet began to wonder whether his efforts at consolation were entirely professional . |
| 28 | It takes such a long time to use up a tin , you probably would n't realise . |
| 29 | Maintenance is a drag : it takes all the fucking time ’ 8 |
| 30 | He was simply aware that Gabriel 's allegiance had changed , that he spent all the spare time he could with Lucie and the girl , and that he no longer believed he was an angel . |