Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 2 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 3 | The pig spent the whole time being smacked to and fro , hence ‘ piggie in the middle ’ . |
| 4 | The seal spent a long time underwater , thinking . |
| 5 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 6 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 7 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 8 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 9 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 10 | The telephone rang a few times , and then her father answered in his clipped , business-like voice . |
| 11 | Although the academic study of Roman law took a long time to have practical effect , by the 1170s and 1180s it was occasionally cited authoritatively in some at least of the courts of the south . |
| 12 | His philosophy took a long time to be appreciated , partly because he never pushed his own work , which was subsequently overshadowed by that of Wittgenstein . |
| 13 | ‘ The old boy married a second time and she 's a splendid woman . |
| 14 | Raffles , stalls and a junior golf competition on the practice green ensured a great time was had by all . |
| 15 | — hit the bottle with a vengeance when the group made the big time . |
| 16 | Mounting economic problems in Japan and Germany , and the London property crisis , could mean that economic revival will be long deferred ; a party whose record made the Financial Times refuse to back it is going to have its work cut out to keep in control . |
| 17 | His finest moment came the first time he opened the hall door to a visitor and , standing a little aside , intoned , " Follow me , sir , " before proceeding with due dignity to announce the guest at the door of the morning room . |
| 18 | She swallowed hard and began , ‘ Well , the Big Bang happened a long time ago . |
| 19 | But then , all this business happened a long time ago . |
| 20 | One group spent a long time comparing the different notes or tones produced when tubes of different width and length were blown or spoken down . |
| 21 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 22 | The Cage disappeared a long time ago in the past , leaving whoever buys the property , a clear view across the Chilterns into the future . |
| 23 | Even the very best British tabby had a difficult time competing with such dramatic animals . |
| 24 | The other and main hospital providing radiology had a waiting time of up to nine weeks with no prospect of the additional staff needed to reduce this . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , the driver spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 26 | Unfortunately , the retired admiral spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 27 | ‘ The morning after the dump confrontation when I felt very shaky and was very low , the phone rang a dozen times and friends and members of other organizations told me ‘ You had to do it , Ted . |
| 28 | THE head went a long time ago , then it was the legs — but on Thursday night it was Martina Navratilova 's heart that had gone from her game . |
| 29 | Christine de Pizan was born in 1365 and wrote The Book of the City of Ladies in 1405 ; the battle for women 's right to equal education took a long time to win . |
| 30 | Mrs Theresa Briscoe , a widow with a farm within 500 yards of the mine told the Irish Times that since the mine opened she had lost four horses and some fifty cattle and sheep to lead poisoning . |