Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , we have to assign to each level a peculiar time , relatively autonomous and hence relatively independent , even in its dependence , of the ‘ times ’ of the other levels … |
| 2 | These were the people Wesley had come to Cornwall to save , to rescue from the devil and , by all accounts , they had given the old campaigner a hard time of it . |
| 3 | I have asked myself this question a thousand times , a hundred thousand times . |
| 4 | The princess told them : ‘ I have come to terms with this relationship a long time ago . |
| 5 | He had heard this request a thousand times . |
| 6 | ‘ But I do n't want to be sharing my life with anyone , gorgeous hunk or not , ’ Shannon had pointed out mildly , managing with an effort not to remind Kelly they 'd been over this ground a hundred times before . |
| 7 | By closing this door a million times to your fears , you will gain the strength to create newness in your life . |
| 8 | Be that as it may , the local kids gave that poor old man a helluva time . |
| 9 | ‘ I have lived in this world a long time , child . |
| 10 | Zen had watched this cycle a dozen times or more when he felt a touch on his shoulder and turned to find Gilberto grinning up at him . |
| 11 | We 've been out on this balcony a long time , and no one has come to interrupt us . |
| 12 | I had come this way a hundred times , always varying my route so as to avoid making more of a track than a rabbit might do . |
| 13 | Conversely , warm weather , convivial surroundings and sexual activity a short time before measurement will all temporarily increase the resting size of the organ . |
| 14 | In January 1645 she taunted the Presbyterian polemicist a second time in A New-Yeares-Gift … to Mr. Thomas Edwards . |
| 15 | They can delay a bill for a year by forcing the Commons to pass the rejected bill a second time in the following session . |
| 16 | But I found out his real secret a long time ago . |
| 17 | The energy emitted by a quasar can exceed the total output of an ordinary galaxy a hundred times over . |
| 18 | It 's of course always privilege to play over there and I was over there with a national team a few times , it 's a big occasion for the players , for the managers and for the big tournaments too . |
| 19 | I just loathe the thought of telling my nasty little tale a second time . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I knew someone of that name a long time ago . |
| 21 | Just as well they have something else in common : they have known each other a long time , and are all good friends . |
| 22 | We 'd known each other a long time . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've known each other a long time . |
| 24 | We 've known each other a long time . |
| 25 | We 're growing familiar , like we 've known each other a long time . |
| 26 | You and I have known each other a long time . |
| 27 | In Safar 989/March 1581 he became Rumeli kazasker a second time , and , on 26 Dhu " l-Hijja of the same year ( 21 January 1582 ) , he became Mufti , in which post he remained until his death on 28 Jumada I 995/6 May 1587 . |
| 28 | O'Conor wo n't claim to have practised Field 's florid passagework a thousand times , but his researches , clearly , have brought him peculiar satisfaction . |
| 29 | ‘ Do you think I have n't been over every inch of that argument a million times ? |
| 30 | This seems to indicate that the rock was of sacred significance a long time before Augustine visited . |