Example sentences of "a [noun] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a semi-hard-on the whole time he was bathing her , and without warning she grabbed him by it , and led him to the bath . |
| 2 | But is n't the middle of a recession a bad time to try and sell a business ? |
| 3 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
| 4 | But Harry spoke a bit the last time we went , he said So what hire a car . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Will you let me go again on the basis I made a cock-up the first time round . |
| 7 | I would not expect an angler to hit , or even see , every bite he has on a swing-tip the first time he uses one . |
| 8 | He knew how to give a girl a good time . |
| 9 | ‘ You sure know how to give a girl a good time . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Gee , you sure know how to show a boy a good time . ’ |
| 11 | You were no more than a boy the last time I saw you … twelve , thirteen at the most . |
| 12 | Anyway , a friend told me that there was a band a long time ago , in the '60s , that had the same name . |
| 13 | In another letter he wrote : ‘ I did n't see a cock the whole time — except my own and that glimpsed only briefly in a cracked mirror . ’ |
| 14 | Everyone forms some sort of impression of a person the first time that they meet . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Terrifically glad if you could bear to look in for a drink the next time you 're in town . |
| 17 | ‘ You called me a dog the first time you saw me , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Course Helena Mrs Hold My Drink , not that I get a hangover every single time or anything . |
| 19 | Aye , you only had , had a brew the second time you really do at our house |
| 20 | After a while I thought that as Dateline had been such a success the first time why not have some fun and do it again ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ Whoever it was that took her never spoke a word the whole time , which made the whole experience worse . |
| 23 | I do not say that people ’ have it taken out of them ’ for making a complaint at the time when that complaint is made , but there may be a problem the next time something happens . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm offering ye a fiver a short time . ’ |
| 25 | They walk onto court with untuned muscles and joints in cold weather and then wonder why they pull a muscle the first time that they stretch for the ball . |