Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each defendant and his witness are given a limited time — say fifteen minutes altogether — in the box . |
| 2 | There is no length to a discussion , unlike a talk where speakers are given a specific time for delivery . |
| 3 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 4 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 5 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 7 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 8 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 9 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 10 | for everything had been bought a long time ago |
| 11 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 12 | I was asked if I wished my name to be withdrawn a second time but I declined , feeling it would be wrong to have to continue to rely on the goodwill and hospitality of friends in order to continue playing . |
| 13 | In February 1989 the proposed new terms and conditions were outlined by letter to staff and , after subsequent fruitless negotiations with the unions , in April 1989 a notice was sent informing the employees that the changes would be discussed with them , that they would be given a reasonable time to consider the new contracts and that they would be dismissed if they did not accept them . |
| 14 | In all election campaigns , incumbent governments are going to be given a harder time than the Opposition . |
| 15 | Knowing that the fox might be given a bad time afterwards would n't be a lot of consolation . |
| 16 | This 24 hours is only two-thirds of the 36 hours available ; it should be considered a minimum time to allocate to private study . |
| 17 | If that freelance photojournalist is wounded , but soon returns to the operational area to continue covering the story , only to be wounded a second time , then we are looking at a fairly remarkable man with a tale worth telling . |
| 18 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 19 | but I shall not be drawn a second time |
| 20 | It had to be performed a second time , after the British Consul had taken the couple 's oaths on his diary instead of the Bible . |
| 21 | My colleagues and I do not believe that the British people will be fooled a second time — one can take a horse to water but one can not make it drink . |
| 22 | To be rebuffed a second time would be unthinkable , unbearable . |
| 23 | was it updated a second time or did you ask for it to be updated a second time ? |
| 24 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 25 | ‘ He could be gone a long time , you know . ’ |
| 26 | If made ex parte , the application must be filed a reasonable time before the hearing subject to the power of the court to hear applications at any time . |
| 27 | If the occupier then asks them to leave , they must be allowed a reasonable time to leave , after which they will become trespassers . |
| 28 | ‘ Secrets can be kept a long time , ’ he says . |
| 29 | It was held that they could be convicted a second time and made to pay compensation to a second victim who had read a copy of the same brochure . |
| 30 | Mr. Tony Favell , supported by Mr. David Harris , presented a Bill to remove from registers of common land and registers of town or village greens dwellinghouses registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965 which had been used as dwellinghouses for a minimum of twenty years immediately prior to the commencement of that Act ; and for purposes connected therewith : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Friday 24 February and to be printed . |