Example sentences of "i [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm in the nineteen fifties and right up until I became a full time official , erm there was generated an opinion that if companies were financially well off , due to the effort of the employees , then there was some formal entitlement for employees in these particular undertakings , to put forward a separate claim at domestic level , to , to enhance their pay . |
| 2 | I think that er one of the things that we had to examine at national level er and this was done erm after I became a full time officer , erm there 'd usually be a procedure in the national agreement er whereby first of all if we registered failure to agree at domestic level , erm with the management , the next stage was to draw in the district secretary . |
| 3 | They when I when I became a full time employer er a full time employee with the union it was all more or less small bakeries . |
| 4 | Then that I got that book back when I became a full time official it was still in the still in the office . |
| 5 | And I mean a long time ! ’ |
| 6 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
| 7 | I 'll get a I got a new time for my er twenty five sprint which was sixteen forty four in one length . |
| 8 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 9 | " I know a long time . |
| 10 | I spent a long time photographing the falls , taken with their grace . |
| 11 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
| 12 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
| 13 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 14 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 15 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 16 | From the time that I was about eight , the Boxing Booth acted as a magnet to me and I spent a considerable time gazing in awe as the boxers paraded on the small stage outside the tent , ready to take on all corners . |
| 17 | I spent a happy time in Mavhinje . |
| 18 | Why do I have a hard time , and there 's the Godless person prospering ? |
| 19 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
| 20 | I was in my late twenties and , like any sailor , I liked a good time when I was on leave . |
| 21 | Two years ago , for example , I had a rough time . |
| 22 | I always knew it probably could n't last because nothing goes on forever , but in that time , I had a great time in New York , and it seemed at one point that everyone was there when David was doing the week at the Universal Amphitheatre . |
| 23 | It was fun-time in the Big Apple and Connors admitted : ‘ I had a great time . |
| 24 | I had a great time with her , we were chatting away and I fancied there was a twinkle in her eye because I was quite a catch then . |
| 25 | I had a great time . |
| 26 | I had a great time . |
| 27 | I sold the jewels I was wearing and de Michelet and I had a splendid time until the money was gone . |
| 28 | ‘ I had a splendid time in London , ’ he added , with an air of triumph . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , perhaps I had a bland time , ’ she retorted ineptly . |
| 30 | ‘ I was gutted because I had a superb time at Chelsea . |