Example sentences of "we [vb past] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 2 | We spent a long time on the sofa that evening , and I would have stayed the night if he 'd asked me but he did n't . |
| 3 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 4 | And Fergie honestly admitted of his shock £1million signing from Cambridge : ‘ We took a long time assessing him . |
| 5 | We waited a long time at Enniskillen , an RAF helicopter buzzing above the castle . |
| 6 | We waited a long time , and Charlotte wrote more advertisements . |
| 7 | Reced er the precedent for the situation that we are in now , yes indeed there is one and it was when er the Labour government was last in power in nineteen seventy eight , when we had er er er to er set up the European constituencies we had a limited time to do it in and all the countries in Europe had to agree to bring forward the same kind of agreement and put it into effect at the same time . |
| 8 | we had a fabulous time , did n't we ? |
| 9 | We had a spanking time . ’ |
| 10 | We had a brilliant time and it 's a pity you only get to do it once : Maybe we 'll split up and reform under a different name — so we can have a crack at it next year . |
| 11 | It was so neat and we had a good time . |
| 12 | But we had a good time and will definitely go again . |
| 13 | ‘ He is a good golfer and we had a good time . ’ |
| 14 | I was happy at school , with lots of friends , and we had a good time . |
| 15 | We had a good time in London , Will and I … |
| 16 | times for auctioning though was er when shops went bankrupt , er especially chocolate shops , cos then we had a good time after he 'd done because we usually got loads of chocolate which was a luxury . . |
| 17 | Well after we had a good time there for so long then there was transferred down to Aldershot . |
| 18 | But that was good fun , there were eighteen of us , from eight different countries er Americans and Canadians and Australians and New Zealanders and Dutch and Swiss and English and er we had a good time , and then we and went and did mountain biking in Katmandu |
| 19 | That was n't music , but we had a good time … and then , I do n't know , we do talk about other things , particularly I suppose the kind of fixes we 're both in . " |
| 20 | Of course , we had a good time and there was plenty to drink but nobody got silly as far as I can remember . ’ |
| 21 | I know your ego finds that hard to believe , but just because we had a good time together for a couple of days does not necessarily mean that I 'm yours to play with whenever you feel like it ! ’ |
| 22 | But we had a good time . |
| 23 | We had a marvellous time in France . ’ |
| 24 | The money will go towards an extension and towards kitchen equipment in the extension , we had a nice time there , and there was a great deal of gratitude to the G M B. |
| 25 | And we went , we had a nice time . |
| 26 | But it was quite nice , we had a nice time . |
| 27 | We had a great time . |
| 28 | ‘ But we had a great time ! |
| 29 | ‘ We both spent most of our time working on the film , walking or sitting about in our dressing gowns and we had a great time together . ’ |
| 30 | tried to call you both saturday nite and a couple of times on sunday — but no answer … the spurs game was just OK — but we had a great time at the newcastle game vs. scousers — great atmosphere — we stood among the newcastle supporters ( north bank ? ) and they made hell each time cole put it behind grobbelar … |