Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hyacinth took a long time to respond . |
| 2 | Jeff had a hard time with me . |
| 3 | Lacking today 's liberal pre-trial discovery , 19th century United States shippers suing in the United States had a difficult time proving the carriers ' negligence . |
| 4 | Mr Howes said a short time later , Alan began to sway . |
| 5 | He had rung through to the Swan Hotel in Stratford to set a revised time of arrival at 6.15 p.m. ; but by the look of things it was going to be , in Wellington 's words , ‘ a damn close-run thing ’ . |
| 6 | The Hon. Member for Cunninghame , North spent a considerable time addressing amendment No. 5 , which would prevent any of the privatised bus companies from disposing of fixed assets within five years without the consent of the Secretary of State . |
| 7 | The story of Eddie Aikau began a long time ago : |
| 8 | It says , for instance , that it ‘ should have done what COSE did a long time ago . ’ |
| 9 | It stood up to the race well and he and co-driver John Anthony had a fabulous time . |
| 10 | Erm I think Joe and Ray had a great time . |
| 11 | They visited the same city , perhaps the same places , and spent the same amount of money — but Joy had a marvellous time , while Gloom was thoroughly miserable from start to finish . |
| 12 | Anabelle waited a long time , watching from the other side of the gate . |
| 13 | Stephen entered a short time later , looking anxious . |
| 14 | On the morning of the day when Therese Aschmann was due to arrive in Hochhauser , Willi spent a long time getting ready before he went to meet her at the station . |
| 15 | Cardinal Heenan warned a long time ago that by the year 2,000 there would be no Catholic Church in our country if something was not done to rectify things . |
| 16 | ‘ Jodami recorded a good time and we had The Fellow well beaten . |
| 17 | Sims took a long time to think about answering that . |
| 18 | Even when you were small and Lizzie had a bad time of it , I saw to you . |
| 19 | In the Introduction to the Principles , Berkeley spends a considerable time arguing against the doctrine of abstract ideas . |
| 20 | Uralmash had a difficult time last year . |
| 21 | Robert had a terrible time painting it . |
| 22 | Abuelo had a tough time , they say . ’ |
| 23 | After his Mum had been up to say goodnight to him , Philip lay a long time thinking and he could n't keep out of his mind the thin chalk letters on the pavement in Hill View . |
| 24 | spoke to Mrs had a lovely time . |
| 25 | And it must have been the fever , Isabel decided a long time later , when she at last had time to sit down and rest . |
| 26 | A young Paul Gascoigne has a torrid time of it at the hands of the opposition in a league football match back in 1989 . |
| 27 | He and Claudia spent a long time talking to the police and to the accused man . |
| 28 | They live modestly on income from securities that Edhi bought a long time ago . |
| 29 | The engine box had a centre ‘ handle ’ and Ian took a long time sighting his chimney by this . |
| 30 | The Agriculture Minister , Mr John Gummer , and the Scottish Secretary , Mr Malcolm Rifkind , celebrated the small gains they had been able to negotiate , but admitted that the industry in Britain faced a tough time in the coming year . |