Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each month lots were drawn for the names of the next families to leave , and the fortunate ones were given only a short time to make their final preparations . |
| 2 | The carburettor had clogged up a second time in the storm and they had had to wait until it was over . |
| 3 | Any previous encounters will have been picked over a dozen times , the characters of the boys analysed in tedious detail , and interesting future possibilities considered . |
| 4 | " He should have done so a long time ago . |
| 5 | Mother Bernie had said so a long time ago and all Preston 's life 's experiences since then had born it out . |
| 6 | There had been windows on the westerly side of the school , but they appeared to have been built up a long time , judging from the appearance of the workmanship on the outside . |
| 7 | ‘ What I must do next season is get really , really fit and prove everybody wrong , which I have done about a thousand times . ’ |
| 8 | And more recently there seems to be a tendency for people to say , ‘ he has been seen out a few times , he must be OK ’ , when the threat to my life is unchanged . ’ |
| 9 | But he said all he did was people he 'd met quite a few times now , they say that you know like cos he 's very funny , he comes out with me , god Sally what 's the matter with you , you 've been drinking or something , I said no , that 's how he is he 's not |
| 10 | Hayling 's dummy had been a marathon performance over months , whilst Sutton had had only a short time and few people . |
| 11 | ‘ We have slept together a few times , ’ she said , ‘ but we 've never done it during school hours . |
| 12 | ‘ We should have got together a long time ago , when I was n't an old man . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ people who knew him very well must have had quite a hard time with him , he was so depressed . |
| 14 | I believe that I will always remember it , even though it was quite a few years ago and even though it has recurred quite a few times since . |
| 15 | For companies like , pitching to investors has become virtually a full time job . |
| 16 | Lewes had spent only a short time with the unit , but had impressed everyone with his absolute dedication to his work . |
| 17 | Once a week set aside a little time to give your body a conditioning and moisturising treatment . |
| 18 | Each was dramatic and each was followed only a short time later by a key Congressional vote . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If he 'd gone away a long time ago , it would have been better , ’ said Mrs Clancy wryly . |
| 20 | Sorry to have taken rather a long time to reply but Andrew was in transit back to and around Italy . |
| 21 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 22 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 23 | Although he was sacked he was taken back a fourth time and he did indeed die in harness . |
| 24 | This is where some fault or other has manifested itself sufficiently to affect the flight , though the critical event might have happened quite a long time before and been ‘ cooking up ’ until the divergence took place . |
| 25 | The death grant has been finished quite a long time ago , but there was the death grant erm because I can remember you know this , people telling me about this . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've tried quite a few times but mine are never any good . ’ |
| 27 | He was certified dead a short time later . |
| 28 | The sixty-two year old man 's body was discovered just a short time after he went missing from his ward . |
| 29 | ‘ We have to give those who have lived here a long time the right to become German citizens , ’ Johannes Gerster , deputy leader of the CDU parliamentary group , said at the weekend . |
| 30 | Right so on on top of all this , we 've actually got as Sue 's mentioned quite a few times , we 've actually got to keep the damn thing afloat , well after introducing all this . |