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 | 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 . |
| 7 | People lived a long time with fluid … asthma … emphysema … years . |
| 8 | Men lived a long time on Tarvaras . |
| 9 | I 'll get a I got a new time for my er twenty five sprint which was sixteen forty four in one length . |
| 10 | Now began a difficult time for Colin and Mary . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Alistair spent a long time on the covering note to Sixsmith — almost as long as he had spent on Offensive from Quasar 13 . |
| 16 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 17 | She spent a long time near the gate these days , but the snow had driven her indoors at last . |
| 18 | She spent a long time in the bathroom . |
| 19 | He was certainly in Italy before Narses died in 574 , and he subsequently spent a long time in Constantinople . |
| 20 | The 19-year-old Boat Club starlet was struck down by glandular fever last summer , and spent a frustrating time on the sidelines . |
| 21 | He graduated in 1940 and spent a short time at Pennsylvania State University before returning to UCLA to do his PhD . |
| 22 | After leaving school he spent a short time in his father 's office . |
| 23 | He spent a short time in Paris , studying French surgical methods , and then returned to Liverpool and joined his father 's practice in 1858 . |
| 24 | He spent a short time in conversation with Iris , who looked at him in a way that made Melissa want to shake her . |
| 25 | I spent a happy time in Mavhinje . |
| 26 | Stockport enjoyed a swinging time on April 3 , when a 5Os and 6Os disco was held to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind . |
| 27 | First , she recorded a personal time of 7.80 seconds when finishing second in the 60 metres at the Scottish National Championships . |
| 28 | He raised his eyes from the pattern and stared a long time at my friend and I — the only two white people on the journey . |
| 29 | Of the rest Matthew Cooper played as a fledgling in the All Blacks ' scamper through Japan in 1987 ; Jon Preston had one game in the World Cup last year ; Kevin Schuler appeared briefly as a replacement in France in 1990 ; and Graham Dowd had been the reserve hooker for the World Cup and the home series against the World XV and managed a short time on the field when Richard Loe was injured in the second half of the First Test against Ireland . |
| 30 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |