Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] time [conj] i " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The annual camp for secondary schools Cadet Corps gave me my first holiday away from home , but I was so homesick that a fortnight seemed an impossibly long time before I could get back to my parents and family . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | It 's taken us both a very long time but I feel stronger and emotionally much more stable now . |
5 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , It is a very long time since I heard from you . |
6 | But it is now a very long time since I was there . ’ |
7 | It took me a very long time because I do n't have the kind of face which people immediately commit to memory , but if you keep popping up for thirty-five years , then inevitably people are going to say , ‘ Do n't I know you ? ’ |
8 | that , that Playback 's left , you know , for , for a very long time because I think you 'll agree and |
9 | This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know . |
10 | I mean when I wrote this book of bible poems in fact it took me a very long time and I started all sorts of subjects which I did n't finish , so , no , you have to be obedient to whether the poem intends to get written or not . |
11 | K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse . |