Example sentences of "a [noun] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But is n't the middle of a recession a bad time to try and sell a business ? |
| 2 | And wh y'know we thought about this for a y'know a long time t and what we do want is a thin tier of bureaucracy . |
| 3 | He knew how to give a girl a good time . |
| 4 | ‘ You sure know how to give a girl a good time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Gee , you sure know how to show a boy a good time . ’ |
| 6 | Anyway , a friend told me that there was a band a long time ago , in the '60s , that had the same name . |
| 7 | Harlow should of applied for a designation a long time ago if Harlow had been designated then surrounding councils would have had to live up their responsibilities to provide adequate sites for travellers which they have not done and successive governments have also failed to apply the caravan sites act nineteen sixty eight adequately . |
| 8 | The effect of reading a Bill a second time is to curb further debate on the general principle for the time being and cause the Bill to go straight to the next stage , which is the committee stage . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm offering ye a fiver a short time . ’ |