Example sentences of "[adj] time [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , I gave her more thinking time than I 'd bargained for as the crush at the bar was worse than when we 'd arrived . |
| 2 | that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service |
| 3 | Er I do n't know shorthand but I thought y somebody who did know shorthand would probably have a less hard time than I do writing down notes . |
| 4 | We d Okay we do n't know , we want to ask them we w So if you are an MP in North Yorkshire and er you think I 'm giving you a hard time and I know you sneakily listen to this programme , I know you listen . |
| 5 | take a long time but I mean I know it says got well puppy mess to get over yet . |
| 6 | It 's taken us both a very long time but I feel stronger and emotionally much more stable now . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's quite a long time since I made any . |
| 8 | ‘ It is a long time since I went outside . |
| 9 | Now it 's a long time since I went by tube , and there 's not much you can do in the carriages except keep a handkerchief over your nose , but a useful tip is never to put your hand on the rail beside the moving staircase . |
| 10 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
| 11 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , It is a very long time since I heard from you . |
| 12 | Erm I do n't think I have been down to that I think I 've sh erm wired the whole damn out of my mind because er it 's a long time since I heard such garbage in this chamber , it 's fortunate for us Chairman that Mr is n't a member of the Environment Committee because if that 's the kind of contribution that he 's prepared to make on these occasions we would could well do without it . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a long time since I touched that organ . |
| 14 | It 's a long time since I 've had some first-class leather to work with . ’ |
| 15 | Long time since I 've seen such a heavy crop . ’ |
| 16 | At one point he overheard the star laughing and saying , ‘ Long time since I 've done theatre . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's been a long time since I 've been in the semis of a Grand Slam tournament . ’ |
| 18 | It 's a long time since I saw you looking so well . |
| 19 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
| 20 | Then turning quickly to Aggie , he added , ‘ Long time since I said that , is n't it ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And a trip on the S-Bahn , it is a long time since I had one . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a long time since I had any of those . ’ |
| 23 | It was a long time since I had helped to ring shear waters on Skokholm , another of the Pembrokeshire islands , and I wanted my children to see — and hear — the strange petrels . |
| 24 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 25 | It was a long time since I had bought a card to celebrate the arrival of a new baby . |
| 26 | Ma maybe twenty nine , even thirty , depending , but if it er , mind you I do n't know , because it 's a long time since I had a look at 'em . |
| 27 | It 's a long long time since I had it . |
| 28 | I mean I I it 's a long time since I left it . |
| 29 | It is a long time since I used this word processor , so I am pretty dozy about it still , but I reckon it is an improvement on my handwriting . |
| 30 | Subject : Beeney A Long Time Since I Conceded A Goal |