Example sentences of "[verb] me [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Do n't give me a hard time , McLeish , just bloody do it . ’
2 ‘ Do n't give me a hard time , ’ she begged .
3 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 !
4 Mr Rochester was in such a hurry that he only allowed me a short time to put on my wedding dress and veil .
5 I 'm left with the fact that they knock me up in the middle of the night , turn my place over , give me a hard time , then just forget about it all .
6 I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words .
7 got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it
8 I sure hope you 're not going to give me a hard time after I just travelled three thousand miles to see you , ’ Donna said , her eyes crinkling as she gave Alex another bear hug .
9 ‘ Rainey put in some fast laps during the final stages of qualifying , so I was expecting him to give me a tough time , ’ said Doohan .
10 Great , they last me a long time
11 It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it .
12 ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean .
13 I 'm not asking you to help me , but at least you can let me get on with things instead of badgering me the whole time .
14 ‘ This magazine has been giving me a hard time .
15 But no , it seemed to be the local name for the twenty kilo fish which was giving me a hard time , though later someone else called it a kingfish .
16 ‘ Just stop giving me a hard time and leave me alone . ’
17 She was berating me the whole time .
18 I 'm sorry , it 's taking me a long time cos I do n't know what to do .
19 It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors .
20 It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’
21 It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men .
22 It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like .
23 It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything .
24 ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment .
25 I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match .
26 It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through .
27 It took me a long time to remove the stain .
28 Clambering over rocks and following narrow sheep trails — which tended to peter out disconcertingly in the thick bracken — it took me a long time to find a possible beck-traversing spot .
29 It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them .
30 It took me a long time to find .
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