Example sentences of "i [vb base] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I mean a long time ! ’ |
| 2 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | " I know a long time . |
| 5 | Like asparagus , I take a long time to grow and am easily killed off . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My father was a great reader , ’ I explained , as I have a million times . |
| 7 | I 've always done it because I have a good time doing it . |
| 8 | Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ So I just see myself passing through and meeting all these people along the way , like , and I have a good time . |
| 10 | ‘ Lovejoy is fun and I have a great time doing it . ’ |
| 11 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 12 | Having watched someone die after being put in succession on steroids , Opren and Distalgesic , I have a hard time trying to be objective . |
| 13 | I do n't know about you but I have a hard time believing that . |
| 14 | I spend a long time thinking about Marie and some of the things we done together . |
| 15 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |
| 16 | No , I mean I , cos I , you know I , i I spend a long time coarse fishing so I understand actual fishing for pleasure as opposed |