Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 You 've just wasted , you finished that quite a long time ago , and you have
2 I found that quite a hard time erm and especially if you do n't have any family near .
3 My co-author and friend Professor A. R. Collar , C.B.E. , LL.D. , F.R.S. , Emeritus Professor of Aeronautical Engineering in the University of Bristol , distinguished aeronautical scientist and former Vice-Chancellor of that University , died at his home in Bristol on 12th February 1986 , just ten days before his 78th birthday , and only a short time before our book was published .
4 No violence , and a good understanding of the crowd , and thus a good time was had by all .
5 No violence , and a good understanding of the crowd , and thus a good time was had by all .
6 The majority of women , however , will probably have left parents and home a long time before , and spent many of their subsequent years caring for children and a partner , running the home and having a job too .
7 Now even Kalim Siddiqui is saying let's forgive and forget , when just a short time ago he was wanting me murdered , deported to Tehran , whatever would spill my blood .
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