Example sentences of "what a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as I stoode myself alloone upon the Nuwe Yeare night , I prayed unto the frosty moone , with her pale light — what a dull time we should have if we tried to read our way through The Fall of Princes ? |
| 2 | And what a long time it took for a tradesman to recover what he was owed ! |
| 3 | Erm so that shows what a long time ago it was . |
| 4 | What a long time ago that seemed now , and how sure she had been that he would not be able to disrupt her feelings . |
| 5 | So what a long time it is since you came , I 've tossed it in the drawer . |
| 6 | Du n no people have said like that will last a really short time or a really long time , but what 's considered a short time I know what a long time is , a long time is like sort of four months three sort of four months onwards in n it for like people our age , what would a short time be they ? |
| 7 | What a momentous time , what a magnificent occasion . |
| 8 | ‘ I phoned him and said , ‘ I 've been telling everyone what a great time you had , I feel tricked , betrayed , like an idiot . ’ |
| 9 | You come all the way to see our fine city with its many points of historical and civic interest , also many quaint customs , and you wake up dead in some back alley or as it might be floating down the Ankh , how are you going to tell all your friends what a great time you 're having ? |
| 10 | I kept trying to remember what a good time Sugar and Spite had been — and Goodstyle , a history of art revue I 'd written and pinched and compiled for Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art , Dundee , when I 'd been writer in residence . |
| 11 | About what a good time it is now . |
| 12 | The cat gave a whimper , as much as to tell its mistress what a terrible time it had had . |
| 13 | ‘ What a terrible time you must have had — having to fly all this way to the States , and then to see poor , darling Liz and Owen when they 're so terribly , terribly ill . |
| 14 | As she scrambled around and tried to stay level , she watched for Josie 's return with the thought that , when she finally arrived , she 'd damn well see what a tough time Lucy had been having . |
| 15 | ‘ But bearing in mind what a tough time they must have had they 're settling in remarkably well . |
| 16 | What a busy time it is when someone is ill ! |
| 17 | And what a lovely time that was . |
| 18 | When I look back I realize just what a hard time Mother must have had because she did not enjoy what one might describe as robust health . |
| 19 | Food is highly expensive and you could see what a hard time people had been through . |
| 20 | Celia felt that Dr Shalcross was probably thinking what a dismal time she must have had . |
| 21 | What a fun time we were going to have . |