Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The visitors ' early grip in midfield assured a testing time of it for the home defence , and they ought to have secured a greater half-time advantage than that supplied them by Mixu Paatelainen 's glorious second-minute header . |
| 2 | It seems clear , however that the initial cancellation only added a short time to the eventual arrival of the ambulance . |
| 3 | The sweet taste of this victory lingered a long time on the lips of Dublin dykes . |
| 4 | A month seemed a long time to him too . |
| 5 | I sat for what seemed a long time in the cold darkness , breathing shallowly , not moving at all , just waiting , and eventually there was a lightening of the shadows and a luminosity in the wood , and the moon rose clear and bright in the east . |
| 6 | I remember myself , one time we had we had two grand fields and it were They were almost ripe when it came an awful time of rain , and they were just a sort of flattened . |
| 7 | The moon was full , the sky clear ; it seemed an ideal time for the manifestation of ghosts . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Zen flashed his identification with contemptuous brevity and then allowed a little time for the mechanic 's fear to be fruitful and multiply . |
| 10 | After they have turned round under gravity and interacted a second time with the microwaves , the fraction of atoms in the F=4 level is detected and recorded . |
| 11 | People lived a long time with fluid … asthma … emphysema … years . |
| 12 | Men lived a long time on Tarvaras . |
| 13 | I 'll get a I got a new time for my er twenty five sprint which was sixteen forty four in one length . |
| 14 | He began a third time with Abraham and the miracle of his son Isaac . |
| 15 | Noah 's family so quickly spoiled the new creation that God then made , and after Babel God began a third time with the calling of Abraham . |
| 16 | Now began a difficult time for Colin and Mary . |
| 17 | There followed a short time for recreation , which Beth enjoyed with Cissie and Richard ; then there was the mending to do , and the tea to prepare ; afterwards , there were the children to wash and bed . |
| 18 | The priests of the old deities had emerged from the desert or from hiding in neglected provincial cities in Shemau and To-mehu , and established themselves again , without difficulty , the people grateful to have the old gods returned to them , who demanded no more than unquestioning duty , propitiation and sacrifice ; gods who did not require a man to think for himself ; gods who forgave sin if the price was right , and who guaranteed a good time in the Hereafter . |
| 19 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 20 | We spent a long time on the sofa that evening , and I would have stayed the night if he 'd asked me but he did n't . |
| 21 | Alistair spent a long time on the covering note to Sixsmith — almost as long as he had spent on Offensive from Quasar 13 . |
| 22 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 23 | She spent a long time near the gate these days , but the snow had driven her indoors at last . |
| 24 | She spent a long time in the bathroom . |
| 25 | He was certainly in Italy before Narses died in 574 , and he subsequently spent a long time in Constantinople . |
| 26 | It would have been inconsiderate , and the possibility was not discussed , although Groa , moving from hall to hall with her husband , took the chance to pack a few extra boxes with thick clothes and blankets , and spent a little time during her last call at Orphir studying the crucifix Bishop Jon had pinned over her bed and wondering whether or not it would be Christian to pray for a wind . |
| 27 | The 19-year-old Boat Club starlet was struck down by glandular fever last summer , and spent a frustrating time on the sidelines . |
| 28 | He graduated in 1940 and spent a short time at Pennsylvania State University before returning to UCLA to do his PhD . |
| 29 | After leaving school he spent a short time in his father 's office . |
| 30 | He spent a short time in Paris , studying French surgical methods , and then returned to Liverpool and joined his father 's practice in 1858 . |