Example sentences of "he [vb past] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you understand me ? ’ he asked a second time . |
| 2 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 3 | He used a basic time range , later extended , of nine years , checking bibliographic coverage for 4 years before the base year , and four years afterwards . |
| 4 | They did it , very slowly and tenderly , and then drove on again ; and then Boy made him stop the second time , in a layby with the first lorry headlights going past , and the man took Boy 's cock in his mouth again , and masturbated Boy again so that he came a second time , and then they drove again . |
| 5 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 6 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 7 | He spent a long time listening , and then said , ‘ You know , George Dionisovich , you 've fallen into to the hands of the Mafia . |
| 8 | The driver , as it turned out , was a retired admiral , and unfortunately he spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 9 | After leaving school he spent a short time in his father 's office . |
| 10 | He spent a short time in Paris , studying French surgical methods , and then returned to Liverpool and joined his father 's practice in 1858 . |
| 11 | He spent a short time in conversation with Iris , who looked at him in a way that made Melissa want to shake her . |
| 12 | Alejandro was so staggered by Fantasma 's progress that he decided to waive his prejudice against greys ; not so much that he was prepared to get on her back , but he spent a considerable time wondering how he could flog Fantasma to a rich patron without them finding out how vicious and unmanageable the mare could be when she was away from Luke . |
| 13 | He began a third time with Abraham and the miracle of his son Isaac . |
| 14 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |
| 15 | He took a long time to answer the door and his painful movements towards and into his armchair explained why . |
| 16 | He died a short time later . |
| 17 | It is a drawing of a girl ( young woman ) , a nude , not like anything else of his I have seen , and I think it must be something he did a long time ago . |
| 18 | Yes er he eventually er I in fact spoke to a Detective Inspector er at the police station er he informed me that er Detective Constable had a good knowledge of these persons and I therefore instructed that er D C make contact with me which he did a short time later that evening . |
| 19 | He flipped a third time . |
| 20 | The tsar was well aware that the legislation left much to be desired and delayed publishing it until 5 March , the first day of Lent : " alarmed by the prospect of riot , " wrote an admittedly hostile contemporary , " he hesitated a long time before choosing a day for promulgating the sham freedom and eventually chose the day when it was least of all expected " . |
| 21 | ‘ He had a fantastic time . |
| 22 | Mass , the most accomplished veteran of Sportscar racing , was just passing the pits entrance when the slight drizzle turned into a downpour : he had a torrid time out there on Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez , spending almost 3 minutes slithering around to the pits . |
| 23 | He had a good time , said he really enjoyed it and would like to go again , and I had all the washing done for me — he did n't bring anything home dirty except the previous day 's clothes . |
| 24 | And he had a good time with the assembled newshounds , especially when one got him off and running with a question about how he felt about winning a national championship . |
| 25 | Well the Bill was , who was the manager in those days was very much the manager , and there was one of the directors used to play for the Villa , and he used to more or less look after the playing side which the rest of the directors never seemed to interfere with , they , they left the management up to the manager the selection of the team , Bill and the trainer when they were in the second division was Arthur who 's manager of Derby County now , he had the , I believe he had a sad time when he was at Walsall he , he lost his wife in a car accident and |
| 26 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
| 27 | There was one by the newsstand sometimes , scraping at a violin , but he had a tough time competing with the unofficial buskers who had loud guitars and stronger voices . |
| 28 | He had a fine time on the subcontinent , taking a total of 175 wickets over the two visits . |
| 29 | He had a difficult time , having largely to rebuild the fleet in a period when every shipyard had an order book as long as your arm . |
| 30 | Sue Owen , director of nursing , said : ‘ He had a short time away with his consultant 's permission . |