Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Douglas , disappointed , had of course been prepared for this also , and wasted little time in cursing . |
| 2 | He was waiting for her outside and wasted little time in virtually hustling her outside to where his car was waiting for them . |
| 3 | This exile might have been permanent had Swegen not died in February 1014. Æthelred was invited back , and wasted little time in expelling Cnut and his army from their Lincolnshire base . |
| 4 | The victim was confronted by a group of youths and stabbed four times as he walked home at Bletchley in Milton Keynes . |
| 5 | He was punched and kicked to the ground and stabbed three times in the back . |
| 6 | Born in Liverpool to a West African father in 1951 , Conteh won ABA , British and Commonwealth titles but was stripped of his world title by the World Boxing Council for failing to go through with a contracted defence in 1977 and failed three times to regain the championship before retiring in 1981 . |
| 7 | Kevin tried a few years ago and failed this time … he aims to make history … and if he does we 'll be there … |
| 8 | Like so much else in these cantos , the last line is midleading , since it suggests it was by an edict of Henry III that the Magna Charta was sent to all cathedrals and read four times a year , whereas Coke 's Institutes make it clear that this was on the contrary an enactment of Edward I. ‘ Selinunte ’ and ‘ Akragas ’ ( the old name of Agrigento ) are ancient Greek cities in Sicily . |
| 9 | Other aspects of packaging may emphasise the convenience of the pack , as for example in cigarette packets which may be opened and reopened several times , or beer cans , which can be opened safely by pulling a ring . |
| 10 | Each point is clearly and simply made and reinforced seven times . |
| 11 | This process is called modularization ; data is written once and used many times in different applications . |
| 12 | In fact , while an oil cargo could be sold and resold several times a day under the right market conditions , very few North Atlantic or Baltic general cargo shipments are sold on the water . |
| 13 | The likelihood , indeed , is that they would have been repeated and rehearsed many times ( 'now that 's a very good point you 're making there — I wonder if you could conceivably contrive to put it a little more precisely' ) . |
| 14 | And stopped many times . ’ |
| 15 | The train was slow and stopped several times for no reason we knew of and with no apparent likelihood of continuing . |
| 16 | Gerald has been married and divorced 4 times . |
| 17 | The linesman saw the incident and McDonough has been sent off twice and suspended three times this season . |
| 18 | ‘ I will continue to train and may play in the reserves next season in case of emergencies , ’ added the U's boss , who has been sent off twice and suspended three times during this campaign . |
| 19 | She landed on the grass and bounced three times and finally came to rest . |
| 20 | Gorman is based in Letterkenny and played 20 times for the first team last season scoring three goals . |
| 21 | Progress was slow , and delayed several times . |
| 22 | She paused and snorted several times . |
| 23 | In his eagerness to escape the encroaching flames , he worked the action and fired three times in rapid succession . |
| 24 | The Arabist listened to him calmly and nodded several times . |
| 25 | The pond must be carefully scrubbed and rinsed several times before putting the fish back . |
| 26 | His chief failing was a habit of cracking heavy pedantic jokes ; he was unable to let a good idea drop , and remarked several times during the course of the film that the heroine looked like she ought to be playing the horse . |
| 27 | Its owner , Antonio Greppi , had social aspirations and spent much time and more money creating a fine façade and rooms so luxurious , and so dedicated to rich parties , that the city nobles came in droves . |
| 28 | He bought a white 1964 Rover 2.6 Litre and spent much time speeding between Morrissey 's Kensington pad Manchester . |
| 29 | He had had a good idea for a story the previous lesson and spent much time preparing a detailed picture to start it off . |
| 30 | He continued his serious studies , and spent much time visiting the sick as usual . |