Example sentences of "a very [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what poets were , y'know , in a very distant time . ’ |
| 2 | He had a happy beginning to his childhood , and the household was a happy peaceful and loving one , until Sarah , at a very advanced time of her life , became pregnant . |
| 3 | David Hughes-Hallet explains ‘ We do n't actually own the reserve , we just manage it by agreement with the owner , so the sale is a very uncertain time for us . ’ |
| 4 | His colleagues , working on the flight data and cockpit voice recordings , will be able to feed in much data , also recorded against a very accurate time base which can be synchronised with the radio transcript . |
| 5 | Why not Legoland — Katie Wood did and she had a very constructive time . |
| 6 | Mark came in with a very respectable time of three and a half hours in his first marathon . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's been a very frustrating time for me , ’ admitted Small , who was an instant hit at Upton Park after signing from Brighton . |
| 8 | By and large , the 1980s were a very unhappy time for the England Test team , with only the occasional series victory to relieve the encircling gloom . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's had a very unhappy time . |
| 10 | It had been a very unhappy time for him , especially since he knew that his advancing years prevented him from getting a job as a carman . |
| 11 | I had just had my forty-first birthday and had been going through a very unhappy time , not eating properly because I was economizing so much , and becoming properly run down . |
| 12 | ‘ It has been a very rough time indeed . |
| 13 | Doctors have a very rough time of it . ’ |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman need not think that there is any military support for the idea that in the past the Navy has argued for a three-boat solution , and he will be given a very rough time by the Navy if he makes such a suggestion . |
| 15 | ‘ They gave him a very rough time indeed . ’ |
| 16 | I know that there are many women who have a very rough time at home , but you 're asking me if I think men have changed , and I think in that way , domestically , I think they have , but I do n't think their attitude has changed in the workplace . |
| 17 | This was a very trying time for me , and the people who ought to be offering support were offering only insults . |
| 18 | I knew in one case that every Saturday morning I would get a letter from a lad who was having a very trying time at an operational training unit , and he begged me week after week , I eventually relented and brought him back ; he nearly went through and completed a second Pathfinder tour . |
| 19 | Erm , but it 's obviously been a very trying time for them . |
| 20 | The publication of the report ‘ The Implications of the Single European Market for Scottish Vocational Education ’ , funded by the Scottish Office Education Department , and undertaken by Alan McGregor and Graham Thom of Glasgow University occurs at a very opportune time . |
| 21 | So , the insects which feed on nectar need a very well-developed time sense if they are to secure a meal easily . |
| 22 | ‘ It was a very sad time , ’ he says . |
| 23 | He then had a number of convulsions , and it was a very worrying time for us all . |
| 24 | However , we contrive to have a very pleasant time . |
| 25 | And their bride has to wear er , all in red and er the bridegroo er groom has to wear a long costume with a red big flowers in front i aha and then they get married and there 's erm band , the Chinese traditional band with drums and trumpets blowing all the time and er , all the guests have a very nice time . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , we are having a very nice time , thank you . ’ |
| 27 | In fact , people did not have a very nice time working there , with dirty conditions , long hours , heat and underground work . |
| 28 | erm I I think that being able to acknowledge for themselves — the adults — for them to be able to acknowledge to themselves that this is a very stressful time , that erm that children may be needing that extra bit of sensitivity erm in terms of how we respond to their behaviour , which may be very erm connected with the general level excitement and and stress that I think we as adults are feeling , and certainly that are being picked up from the media . |
| 29 | This week 's Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool would be a very appropriate time for such a statement by Mrs Thatcher . |
| 30 | Then William and Harry would have had the support of their parents during what must undoubtedly be a very traumatic time for them . |