Example sentences of "a [adj] time i " in BNC.

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1 I can also , if I erm come across the same problem a few times I could hopefully work on that and then probably eradicate altogether .
2 A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind .
3 I think there 's a few times I was gon na pack in cos I used to do the same amount of work as everyone else and I got paid
4 I remember once , yeah it was like that , yeah that 's right , not one , but a few times I used to get on the train from Runcorn to Liverpool , I had an address to go to in Liverpool , rough directions how to get there , to pick up a suit or to pick up a fitting , you know you 'd get the , the different
5 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
6 Fearful of waking him a second time I waited .
7 I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time I believe that there will be a consensus across the House on the Bill .
8 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 .
9 The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours .
10 I think it worth pointing out that of course erm when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister for a brief time I think Lady Young was Leader of the House of Lords in her cabinet , but apart from that there was never another women cabinet minister during her time as leader , so
11 Sh and people here give her such a hard time I mean like the blokes are always say oh God , you know , that troll and everything but I
12 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 .
13 For a long time I just could not face wearing them at home .
14 For a long time I never realised how badly paid and overworked I was , but what made me feel bad in those days was the rudeness and lack of respect with which I and other Asian women were treated by the supervisors .
15 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 .
16 With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid .
17 On that day we became friends , yet for a long time I kept my distance , afraid even to shake hands with him .
18 But to tell the truth , for a long time I 've been slightly lost as a dealer .
19 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 .
20 For a long time I walked with my eyes on the ground , watching my feet sinking interminably into the snow .
21 ‘ For a long time I was feeling really lonely and wondering what they were doing , ’ she said .
22 For a long time I had it in mind to write a story contrasting the fates of Eck and his British counterpart .
23 With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly .
24 ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says .
25 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 .
26 For a long time I have had a desire to understand better the behaviour and movements of wild birds and animals , and in the absence of the time ( and probably the dedication ) to undertake a proper study , I decided on a simple ploy which , I hoped , would get some results in the fullness of time .
27 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 .
28 Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend .
29 ‘ For a long time I did n't want children , and then I wanted them .
30 Turner is one of my favourite painters , but for a long time I have had a theory that he had " wide-angle eyes " that filled the camera with distorted shapes .
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