Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is more , much of government expenditure is committed a long time in advance and can not easily be cut . |
| 2 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 3 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 4 | I was then permitted a short time during the lunch interval to study this new material before being cross-examined on it . |
| 5 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 6 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |
| 7 | ‘ I have had a great time at Sunderland , but I am ambitious and want to play in the Premier League . |
| 8 | You and I have had a great time over the last 32 years … most of the time . |
| 9 | ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything . |
| 10 | The boy must have had a terrible time at school . |
| 11 | She 'd had a terrible time at the birth . |
| 12 | Addison , well er , it 's a very well managed business , it 's a very good business er , there are only two businesses in the U S A have higher sales per head than Addison Wesley , and one of those is and it 's had a , that 's had a super time in maths and there 's only one business and that 's which earns more profit per employee then er , Addison Wesley and erm , again that 's and that reflects that one off maths programme . |
| 13 | Joel , 38 , who won Gola League title honours with Runcorn 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have had a good time as a player and I have decided that enough is enough . |
| 14 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 15 | She had had a good time in her twenties : a good job as a doctor 's receptionist ( she had gone against the general rule for the species by being warm and sympathetic , though she stood no more nonsense than was inescapable ) . |
| 16 | Dave was in the property business , and had had a baddish time during the recession . |
| 17 | Waiting in the third round could be fourth seed Boris Becker , who has had a torrid time in the build-up to the French Championships but who has a good chance to find his feet with a first round match against 579th-ranked French wild card Nicolas Escude . |
| 18 | In some ways , thought Henry , the man with whom Donald had been confused seemed to have had a better time of it . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sorry sir , I 've had a tough time with this . |
| 20 | Bowater has had a miserable time since joining the Footsie last week , the share price falling a good 10 p.c . |
| 21 | I was cast opposite him but I was nothing like the draw he was and we had had a dodgy time on tour . |
| 22 | Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener 's cat and later with the gardener . |
| 23 | BRIAN HALL : ‘ At that particular moment in time we have a manager that has got himself into the semi-final of the FA Cup , he 's got the opportunity of reaching Wembley , he 's had a difficult time in the League , it 's been a traumatic season okay , then he 's told he needs triple by-pass surgery at the age of 39 . |
| 24 | The former Charlton youngster has had a harrowing time at Wednesday since his £250,000 move in January last year — but is aiming to finally win over the Hillsborough boo-boys . |
| 25 | He even embellished the story in a flood of fluent German , explaining that they had captured the British truck and had had a hard time of it at the front . |
| 26 | Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it ! |
| 27 | They must have been there because people only grew up like Tina when they had had a hard time as children . |
| 28 | She 'd had a wondrous time with another man , a time that filled her with remembered textures and sensations , that would have left her smiling now if Parr had not become so damned intrusive . |
| 29 | I trust you have all had a lovely time on holiday . |
| 30 | When the sightseeing tour was over , Little Billy sat down again on a large branch and said to the whole company of Minpins , ‘ Look , I 've had a lovely time with you all , but how am I ever going to get home again ? |