Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [v-ing] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I was bored to tears and I was eating whole time |
| 2 | Oh I 'm really pleased about that , cos last time on a , I was really disappointed I 'd been refused the course cos I thought oh , it 'll be right up my street that , cos when I was teaching full time I was quite into these er computers at the beginning and the one that went |
| 3 | ‘ I was reminded of this a year ago when I was spending some time with one of my sisters . |
| 4 | Although I was still barely into my teens when I was spending this time with Maureen tending sick birds , I learned a lot about general care and identification — even if we failed to spot our Russian defector . |
| 5 | I was lucky , I could afford to do it because I was working full time as a youth training officer . |
| 6 | I was making good time when my eye was caught by a small , wooden sign , on which was written , ‘ Harristown Dolmen ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Was n't it you she was teasing that time , when the bees came out ? |
| 8 | The auction was set to begin at one and it was nearing that time when Cornelius finally met up once more with Tuppe . |
| 9 | and Scott 's a bit more sensitive like , you know , because he was crying last time , Laura said he was nearly crying over it |
| 10 | He still had a low boredom threshold — which was why he was spending less time going to Equity Council meetings . |