Example sentences of "[vb past] [det] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | MIND realised this a long time ago . |
| 2 | Myra 's familiar voice made her want to cry ; it seemed such a long time since things had been normal , with nothing more exciting than new orders to think about . |
| 3 | They say that , as the wars happened such a long time ago we should simply forget about them now . |
| 4 | He spent such a long time alone in consultation with her daughter that Harriet began to wonder whether his efforts at consolation were entirely professional . |
| 5 | He took such a long time to answer that she became convinced that he had n't . |
| 6 | In the event , the most important repercussion of the appointment was to deprive Kent of the championship , for it proved such a traumatic time for Cowdrey that his team lost their way for a few weeks , and missed the title by just one agonizing point . |
| 7 | ‘ We had such a great time on stage that we wanted to do something else , ’ said Kylie . |
| 8 | It hurts more because we had such a good time in the Eighties . |
| 9 | Davis had such a good time in Paris that when he got back to the US , he was so depressed that ‘ before I knew it , I had a heroin habit that took me four years to kick . ’ |
| 10 | Glad to hear you had such a good time . |
| 11 | Julia Newton , Kath Metcalfe , Helen Rhodes , Sue Thirkill , Andy Stuart , Simon Cash , Yvonne Johnson , Nicola McGrath and Mike Smethurst had such a good time they are already planning another get-together in the not too distant future . |
| 12 | I had such a good time myself , ’ says Susan . |
| 13 | He stayed such a short time . ’ |