Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I mean a long time ! ’ |
| 2 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 3 | " I know a long time . |
| 4 | Like asparagus , I take a long time to grow and am easily killed off . ’ |
| 5 | I 've always done it because I have a good time doing it . |
| 6 | Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ So I just see myself passing through and meeting all these people along the way , like , and I have a good time . |
| 8 | ‘ Lovejoy is fun and I have a great time doing it . ’ |
| 9 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 10 | Having watched someone die after being put in succession on steroids , Opren and Distalgesic , I have a hard time trying to be objective . |
| 11 | I do n't know about you but I have a hard time believing that . |
| 12 | I spend a long time thinking about Marie and some of the things we done together . |
| 13 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |
| 14 | No , I mean I , cos I , you know I , i I spend a long time coarse fishing so I understand actual fishing for pleasure as opposed |
| 15 | You want a good time , do n't you — with the flesh-pots of Egypt thrown in ! |
| 16 | And everybody was getting a bit bored with it cos as it dragged on this is s seven months when you know a long time to be I never thought it would have gone this as long as that when we started off with it . |
| 17 | You know a long time , a long time . |
| 18 | I mean that could be a short term until she could get herself you know a full time regular post |
| 19 | Get a new time then you 're alright if you get a new time . |
| 20 | — be prepared to tell him any particular things he should know ( e.g. you spend a long time travelling to and from work each day ; you have recently had a bereavement in your family ; you have to get up each night for the children , etc . ) . |
| 21 | I suggest you spend a long time thinking about what you really want . ’ |
| 22 | Well you have a good time . |
| 23 | ‘ So , off you all go — and mind you have a good time ! ’ |
| 24 | Closed bridging is for transactions where you have a definite time limit . |
| 25 | So , if you feel in need of a night on the town , our rundown of the babysitting options available should make sure you have a carefree time ! |
| 26 | ‘ And do n't forget you have a busy time ahead of you tomorrow . |
| 27 | You have a lovely time . |
| 28 | And yet some people come and say — ‘ Oh you have a hard time , with no washing machine and no hoover ’ , but they 're the ones who moan ! |
| 29 | If so , you need a winding-down time just before going to bed . |
| 30 | We take a discrete time model where the individual lives for two periods , working in the first , using savings from the first to provide for retirement , and there are no bequests . |