Example sentences of "'s [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ? |
2 | In fact , he 's got no spare time to make pop records and wear a loincloth — phew , what a relief ! |
3 | And she 's got a long time to use this money , and okay this might be sufficient now , but will it be when she 's seventy , seventy five , so we 've got to make that money work so |
4 | 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 |
5 | She 's grown , she 's changed , she 's had a brilliant time , but her best is yet to come . |
6 | White face , dark circles and short temper — she 's had a brilliant time ! |
7 | Addison , well er , it 's a very well managed business , it 's a very good business er , there are only two businesses in the U S A have higher sales per head than Addison Wesley , and one of those is and it 's had a , that 's had a super time in maths and there 's only one business and that 's which earns more profit per employee then er , Addison Wesley and erm , again that 's and that reflects that one off maths programme . |
8 | Erm but she 's had a nice time . |
9 | She 's had a terrible time |
10 | I know he 's had a long time out with injury but he must be all right now or he would n't be playing . ’ |
11 | He 's had a thin time . |
12 | David 's been a really good friend to me , and he 's had a tough time because of it . |
13 | ‘ We do n't always see eye to eye , ’ Marler reflected , blowing smoke circles , ‘ Newman and I. But he 's had a tough time , I 'll give him that . ’ |
14 | BRIAN HALL : ‘ At that particular moment in time we have a manager that has got himself into the semi-final of the FA Cup , he 's got the opportunity of reaching Wembley , he 's had a difficult time in the League , it 's been a traumatic season okay , then he 's told he needs triple by-pass surgery at the age of 39 . |
15 | She 's had a bad time and no mistake . ’ |
16 | She 's had a bad time , so the buzz has it . |
17 | He 's had a bad time lately as Madame Verveine has had to go into the nursing-home again . |
18 | Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time . |
19 | ‘ He 's had a hard time , has Prentice . |
20 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |
21 | ‘ I had no idea that Mary was on that tack ; she 's a nice girl and she 's had a hard time what with that husband of has and now her father almost bedridden with arthritis . ’ |
22 | She 's a fine girl , Seb , and she 's had a hard time . |
23 | She 's had a distressing time . |
24 | Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over . |