Example sentences of "[vb past] a very [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some ways those days when she had lived in Paula 's shadow seemed a very long time ago , in others they might have been just yesterday . |
| 2 | It seemed a very long time to Lee before the shadowy adults who surrounded the game moved in on the victim and she wondered why she found herself so static , impotent , so lost . |
| 3 | It seemed a very long time before he came back . |
| 4 | I waited , cold and tired , in his room for what seemed a very long time . |
| 5 | She talked to me for what seemed a very long time . |
| 6 | We stood there , all four of us , in silence for what seemed a very long time . |
| 7 | In what seemed a very short time the plane began to come down and bits of northern Italy could be seen below . |
| 8 | For her part , Mrs Thatcher emphasised that the references to future German unity in the declaration was ‘ a very carefully drafted section and we spent a very long time on it ’ . |
| 9 | Although viruses have such a simple structure , biologists do not conclude that they are necessarily ‘ primitive ’ ; that is , that they evolved a very long time ago as precursors of more complex organisms . |
| 10 | With temperatures reaching 80$degree ; F , several teams dropped men through heat exhaustion , but the Germans ( 263 Parachute Battalion ) managed a very quick time and dropped only three shots on the range . |
| 11 | ‘ It took a very long time to reconcile myself with my father . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's easy to edit now electronically , but in those days , where editing was done by looking down a microscope for a metal ink pulse , cutting the tape physically with a guillotine and then joining edges together with sticky tape , it took a very long time and could be very wasteful . ’ |
| 13 | Which took a very long time . |
| 14 | He took a very long time over it and in the end just lipped the hole . |
| 15 | It took a very short time indeed , and with every step Jenna 's trembling lessened , although she refused to think about the last few moments in the barn with Alain . |
| 16 | The subordinate status of professionals lasted a very long time indeed . |
| 17 | We waited a very long time in growing unease . |
| 18 | He waited a very long time before saying , ‘ Talk , talk , talk , a man ca n't get a word in edgeways . ’ |
| 19 | They waited a very long time for his answer . |
| 20 | ‘ Children 's books had a very good time , with exceptionally good sales of hardbacks . |
| 21 | We had a very good time , & good weather , for the rest of our stay , & I think Richard enjoyed showing us the many attractions of his area as much as we enjoyed seeing them . |
| 22 | Why not Legoland — Katie Wood did and she had a very constructive time . |
| 23 | ‘ I remember once he took a house in Mallorca and , away from London , we had a very enjoyable time . |
| 24 | ‘ We all had a very enjoyable time , but the lack of training told against us . |
| 25 | In spite of very indifferent weather , we had a very happy time . |
| 26 | I had a very happy time looking at things I did n't want |
| 27 | She had a very jolly time in Korea and she does not like being photographed by the Press . |
| 28 | It was very handy , being so close to town , and as the Lock family are much of an age with our boys we had a very jolly time together . |
| 29 | We had a very bad time with Ken , the buyer at first . |
| 30 | Willey held things together for a while and the total reached 252 , helped by no fewer than 52 extras since the ball was moving around so much that Murray had a very hard time behind the stumps . |