Example sentences of "a [adj] time as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice was understandably puzzled , saying , ‘ Well in our country you 'd generally get to somewhere else — if you ran very fast for a long time as we 've been doing . ’ |
| 2 | In the countryside , life must have continued for a long time as it always had done . |
| 3 | It is hard to imagine him coming at a better time as we plan to make our first Diocesan Assembly the centrepiece of his visit , on Saturday 10th June . |
| 4 | The Government faces a difficult time as it prepares to get its legislation on student loans through Parliament . |
| 5 | ‘ There are two sides to unemployment , on the one hand it can be a productive time as you start to question things and think harder about what road you want to go down . |