Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wo n't catch me a second time . |
| 2 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
| 3 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I just do n't fancy tackling her a third time . ’ |
| 5 | But he has been very loving this summer and much cast down by the failure of the Italian cause and I will not grudge him a livelier time of it in Rome . |
| 6 | If you tell him to jump a jump twice , he does it ; but when you tell him to jump it a third time , he says , ‘ I 've had it , I 've done it twice and I 'm not going to do it again ! ’ |
| 7 | He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night . |
| 8 | Could she survive it a second time ? |
| 9 | Do n't give me a hard time , McLeish , just bloody do it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't give me a hard time , ’ she begged . |
| 11 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 12 | I 'll give you a good time . ’ |
| 13 | I can give you a good time . ’ |
| 14 | I 'll give you a little time for that one . |
| 15 | Did they give you a difficult time ? |
| 16 | ‘ At prop , if you do not show aggression and attack your opposite number , whilst contributing to making sure that your own ball is protected , you can be certain that your opponents will give you a hard time . |
| 17 | ‘ Did she give you a hard time ? ’ |
| 18 | You 'll be more than welcome — ugly and depressing though it is — we 'll show you a good time — we mean that , Hans — we really do . ’ |
| 19 | It must have been the change in engine tone that woke her a long time later . |
| 20 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 21 | She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 23 | Like many European economies , Austria faces a difficult year ; its close links with the ailing German economy may give it a worse time than most . |
| 24 | It 's a heartening thought : he might give us a hard time but , at root , Bob is on our side … |
| 25 | We 're out there riding as hard as we can and if that gives any of the supporters any sort of er consolation , I do n't know if it does or not , but it — we 're really giving our best all the time and er win , lose or draw you 'll always find us every time we 've got a doing our best and er although often some people might shout and scream and give us a hard time , er it 's not for , for lack of trying , I mean nobody wants to finish last and er me even more than most , so just get behind us and shout and scream and we 'll try our hardest . |
| 26 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
| 27 | Mr Rochester was in such a hurry that he only allowed me a short time to put on my wedding dress and veil . |
| 28 | ‘ Just give me a little time to take it in . ’ |
| 29 | Give me a little time . |
| 30 | ‘ Give me a little time , be patient , and trust me . |