Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took the mantri a long time to work right round the bull , from shoulder to rump down one side and then from rump to shoulder back up the other . |
| 2 | She had stayed at the baths a long time , probably getting a chill , but worst of all no-one would testify that the water in the pool had had a proper dose of chlorine . |
| 3 | Rather an odd place to camp , having to keep your eye on the tides the whole time . ’ |
| 4 | The breakwater had given the kids the precious time they needed . |
| 5 | They were then asked to listen to the voices a second time and say whether each was " black , white or other " , giving a confidence rating . |
| 6 | The electric pumps deliver fuel to the carburettors ready for starting and , on a cold day , the primers should be used although for some reason these are wired closed on Juliet Uniform and one has to pump the throttles a few times before firing up . |
| 7 | It had taken the mice a long time to explore , they had made short excited scurrying runs across the floor , then back to the hutch , nervous , unsure , limiting themselves to a small prescribed space , only later stepping out of it , extending their freedom . |
| 8 | Your people ripped off the land from the Indians a long time ago . |
| 9 | Look less far than the mountains the next time you wish your questions answered . |
| 10 | He seemed to settle finally for us , us being the police , or at least the fact-seekers and , clearing his throat , he told me that his men with grappling irons and magnets had missed finding the floorboards the first time , probably because the floorboards were n't magnetic . |
| 11 | Oxford United have come off the rails a few times this season . |
| 12 | And the funny thing was , instead of being resentful of the changes , everybody seemed happier , seemed to have more sense of purpose , more enthusiasm for giving the guests a good time , instead of having one themselves . |
| 13 | The East Anglian side were also the culprits the last time Atkinson hit an all-time low , when Ipswich beat his West Brom side in the 1978 FA Cup semi-finals . |
| 14 | The meeting is open to the public but expect Taylor to give the banks a hard time . |
| 15 | Kimber had previously done some building work there , and had promised to bring the dancers the next time the side was out . |
| 16 | Keep listening until you are sure that you will recognise the sounds the next time you hear them , then withdraw the spade and push it back into the ground some feet away . |
| 17 | He recycled the wheels a few times but still the lights remained on . |
| 18 | Equally , everybody knows why everybody stays , they 've been through all the arguments a hundred times before and now they do n't need to any more , now they know they 're not to blame and their husbands are n't the homicidal maniacs some theorists would have them be . |
| 19 | As you can see from the photos a good time was had by all ! |
| 20 | She impaled it through the ribs a second time and the point took and held , and this time when she jerked the Scarag to the side it came with her , clutching at the killing wood . |
| 21 | Now , I says I 'll get the police the next time ! |
| 22 | ‘ There has been no contact between them since then , apart from a limited contact with the children a short time ago . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ There has been no contact between them since then , apart from a limited contact with the children a short time ago . ’ |
| 24 | The initial reason must have been Protestant fears of what Henri II , using his daughter-in-law , might do after the treaty of Chateau-Cambrèsis ; the public Protestant call to arms and the private and tentative contact with England were part of the same desperate reaction to a situation which left the Protestants no more time to move slowly , and forced them into overt action against the regent — the representative of legitimate authority — and , perhaps , a covert move against her daughter — the legitimate authority . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've seen his name in the papers a few times , ’ murmured the superintendent , whose forehead creased with puzzlement . |
| 26 | Reporting on the talks the Financial Times of March 10 stated that the UK had failed to persuade China to " speed the work " of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group ( JLG ) , which dealt with problems arising from the 1997 transfer . |
| 27 | Fifty minutes later shareholders at the annual meeting of United 's parent company were being assured by chairman Professor Roland Smith that cash was available any time Alex Ferguson wanted it — but no mention of the fiasco that had scorched the airwaves a short time before . |
| 28 | The handcuffs are cumbersome , perhaps little used , and it takes an askari a long time to adjust them to Tepilit 's thin wrists . |