Example sentences of "here [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a leafy place ; professional people , merchants , senior civil servants had lived around here for a long time . |
| 2 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ The tackle from behind has been stopped here for a long time , but they were doing it all night and getting away with it . |
| 4 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
| 6 | I mean there , there are a lot of people , of people in who have lived here for a long time , and lived here ever since they were born . |
| 7 | ‘ That woman friend of the boss who clings to his arm in the moonlight — do you think she will stay here for a long time ? ’ |
| 8 | Opposition Back-Bench Members have been questioning my right hon. and hon. Friends and myself on the basis that we shall be here for a long time , whereas Front-Bench spokesmen still nurse the occasional illusion . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 10 | He 'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . |
| 11 | It means so much to the supporters in the Oxford area , it means so much to the club , I think you 've really got to be up here for a long time to realise just how much it does mean to everybody in this area . |
| 12 | ‘ We are here for a good time , it is n't a crusade , but we want to win , ’ said Masters champion Couples . |
| 13 | And Couples warned : ‘ We are here for a good time , but we want to win . |
| 14 | We will help those that we have to help legally , or perhaps those whom people want to help , but we will not have foisted upon us those who come here for a good time and a good life . |
| 15 | ‘ Because I 'm working here for a short time . |