Example sentences of "a [adj] time i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 2 | So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas . |
| 3 | On that day we became friends , yet for a long time I kept my distance , afraid even to shake hands with him . |
| 4 | ‘ For a long time I thought I did , ’ she confided softly . |
| 5 | For a long time I thought of him as ‘ my saviour ’ and even — though it was blasphemy — as my Saviour . |
| 6 | Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend . |
| 7 | For a long time I walked with my eyes on the ground , watching my feet sinking interminably into the snow . |
| 8 | After a long time I said , " Do you want me to leave you alone ? " |
| 9 | For a long time I assumed she was joking , but not only was I wrong , I was also ignorant of the hard facts of life about the value of students with special needs and the staff who work with them . |
| 10 | Mary , who now combines her psychology practice with astrological counselling , said : ‘ As a psychologist , for a long time I had been aware of a lack , that this science did not give the whole of the picture . |
| 11 | For a long time I had it in mind to write a story contrasting the fates of Eck and his British counterpart . |
| 12 | After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair . |
| 13 | I was kidding myself for such a long time I began to ignore the risks . |
| 14 | ‘ For a long time I hated you very much , ’ she said slowly . |
| 15 | For a long time I sat out on the crumbling turf , with the blue distances below , and warm sun lying over this lovely autumn land . |
| 16 | I hid it from everyone , ’ he said , when her brows rose in surprise , ‘ and for a long time I hid it from myself . |
| 17 | And when I saw all of them after such a long time I did n't like to go back again , really I did n't want to at all . |
| 18 | For a long time I did not know whether the notes I was accumulating would be published one day , but that did not deter me . |
| 19 | ‘ For a long time I did n't want children , and then I wanted them . |
| 20 | Sorry I was a long time I did n't |
| 21 | She could not convince me at the time that anything bad could happen , now that I had finally ‘ solved ’ my eating problems , and for a short time I felt jubilant , relieved and ecstatic . |
| 22 | I thought about my dear wife , and for a short time I felt better . |
| 23 | For just a short time I had become a part of the village community on a day that ‘ introduces everybody to everybody else ’ . |
| 24 | And I had a couple of months making it and god , it was such a wonderful time I had and writing the lyrics and saying things about love and feelings that have meant something to me over the years . |