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

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1 well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself
2 so he sold it in a wrong time he could have , he could have hold on to it another few months and got a lot of money for it
3 But if he borrows the same amount a second time he becomes liable to a second charge .
4 when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all
5 He admired the company 's pre-war products — efficient little sports cars with something of the modern Lotus spirit about them — more than any other car , and for a long time he used Astons on the road .
6 For a long time he was obsessed by the image of them in bed together .
7 For a long time he gazed into the depths of the rice , muttering .
8 For a long time he had held the envelope in his chubby fingers and close to his face .
9 In time Michael too came to accept their centrality , although for a long time he asked when he could go home to his parents .
10 My husband thought they were a failure and felt embarrassed about them , and for a long time he would n't let me see them .
11 A terrible knowledge had been swelling slowly in the Padre 's mind , like a sweet , poisonous fruit , which for a long time he had not dared to taste .
12 For a long time he said nothing .
13 For a long time he discussed with his lords in private what should be done with me .
14 For a long time he remained bent over his hands without uttering any form of prayer .
15 For a long time he remained motionless like this , his body arched backward , his teeth clenched , his lips drawn back in a silent rictus of ecstatic agony .
16 For a long time he stood in front of the town map , gazing at it as though he would memorise its every feature , and when he turned away it was to ask for a cup of coffee .
17 For a long time he had wondered about the history of this little family , now it looked as though he was going to find out .
18 I mean Tony 's been at the club a long time he 's expressed a wish to go erm his style and his age is probably just right to go on the continent , he 's twenty six years of age and er I would guess that his particular style wou possibly would be better suited to continental play than it is in England .
19 But , before he was able to put a name to it , something hit him on the back of the head , and for a long time he knew no more .
20 For a long time he lay awake , feeling the vibration of Garvey 's snores clear through the trembling planks .
21 But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway
22 For a long time he held the photograph , fingering it gently , careful not to mark it , and then he pinned it to the cork-board on the wall .
23 When Pitt wants to have a good time he invites his ‘ little group of buddies ’ , including actor Dermot Mulroney — a whiz on the cello — over for an old-fashioned ‘ hootinanny ’ jam session .
24 In the case of contracts creating continuing or recurrent liabilities incident to the disposition or holding of property , such as a settlement or a leasehold tenancy , the infant , on attaining full age , becomes bound unless within a reasonable time he takes steps to repudiate liability .
25 In any event , if he does not reject the goods within a reasonable time he will be deemed to have accepted them .
26 In a short time he was going to get very sick .
27 Working swiftly , in quite a short time he filled the case , which he then snapped shut .
28 To quote the memoirs : ‘ … on Sunday the 4th August 1793 , after having finished the morning duty he always performed in person , of visiting , prescribing for , and superintending the dressing of the wounds of the horses in the infirmary , he sat down to continue his treatise on the outward conformation of the horse , a work he intended for publication : in a short time he informed Mrs. Vial that he felt himself extremely ill complaining of cold to a degree of shivering , attended with a violent headach [ sic ] , and great thirst .
29 After a short time he called back .
30 After a short time he asked if he could have a whisky and soda , and when the ingredients were brought tried to pour a drink for the King .
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