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 | Any previous encounters will have been picked over a dozen times , the characters of the boys analysed in tedious detail , and interesting future possibilities considered . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A spokesman for Hampshire police said : ‘ It seems Mrs Soper died and then her husband passed away a short time later . |
| 7 | " He should have done so a long time ago . |
| 8 | He played only a few times for Clarke 's side before leaving to join the United All-England XI upon its formation in 1852 . |
| 9 | Mother Bernie had said so a long time ago and all Preston 's life 's experiences since then had born it out . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ What I must do next season is get really , really fit and prove everybody wrong , which I have done about a thousand times . ’ |
| 12 | But he said all he did was people he 'd met quite a few times now , they say that you know like cos he 's very funny , he comes out with me , god Sally what 's the matter with you , you 've been drinking or something , I said no , that 's how he is he 's not |
| 13 | You know , it happens quite a few times , does n't it ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Hayling 's dummy had been a marathon performance over months , whilst Sutton had had only a short time and few people . |
| 16 | ‘ We have slept together a few times , ’ she said , ‘ but we 've never done it during school hours . |
| 17 | Usually he can spend only a limited time at one session in the tasting room as his work involves so much keen concentration . |
| 18 | ‘ We should have got together a long time ago , when I was n't an old man . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | This happened about a dozen times . |
| 21 | They barked loudly a few times , but Lorimer ran swiftly towards them . |
| 22 | ‘ people who knew him very well must have had quite a hard time with him , he was so depressed . |
| 23 | Set aside a little time to make this cake , as it is quite time-consuming . |
| 24 | I believe that I will always remember it , even though it was quite a few years ago and even though it has recurred quite a few times since . |
| 25 | This was something she had never even heard of , so we spent quite a long time discussing hypnosis , regression and how the techniques could be applied to her situation . |
| 26 | We spent quite a long time sorting out this problem in the electrostatic case , and we need not repeat the argument here . |
| 27 | I remember when Mike and Robin went into their flats I spent quite a long time with them |
| 28 | The feeding process takes quite a long time , depending of course on the sizes of the individuals concerned and various environmental factors , such as temperature ( see p. 303 ) . |
| 29 | Erm something they tell you throughout the , it takes quite a long time . |
| 30 | This takes quite a long time and slowly the boat turns around . |