Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slacker , a term denoting a Twentysomething who wants no responsibility and loves a good time , was a major US cult hit last year for director Richard Linklater — and deservedly so . |
| 2 | Can only assume this was designed a long time ago , say roughly 1983 ; surely even Peter Snow must now realise that a Labour landslide is rather more likely than a Tory one . |
| 3 | Another super-domestique of great experience is Sean Yates from Sussex , who has won a long time trial stage in the tour . |
| 4 | ‘ On the way home , we were approached a second time , by an Me 109 . |
| 5 | What is more , much of government expenditure is committed a long time in advance and can not easily be cut . |
| 6 | One or both of them may not wish to cope with parenting a second time round , having not long been released from the exhaustion and limitations of childcare on their own account . |
| 7 | They may need a little time to think about it , but they 'll try most things once . |
| 8 | He was hugely enthusiastic about this work and telephoned M. Chaillot , who said he was interested in principle but would need a little time to think about it . |
| 9 | I 'd need a little time . |
| 10 | An irritated Dutch official said : ‘ If the Danes can do it with a referendum by July , I do not see why the British would need a longer time . ’ |
| 11 | Stephen entered a short time later , looking anxious . |
| 12 | Tenacious and long-memoried , they had not allowed themselves to be uprooted or changed a second time . |
| 13 | At 1.15 a.m. ( becoming a favourite time ) Baldwin again saw the TUC and ‘ with great regret ’ in effect dismissed them . |
| 14 | The live Genesis compilation from this year 's world tour covers a shorter time span but it at least has an unusual , if clumsy , title — The Way We Walk , Volume 1 : The Shorts . |
| 15 | In addition , deictic locations always have to be specified with respect to the location of a participant at coding time , i.e. place deixis always incorporates a covert time deixis element , while the converse is not true . |
| 16 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 17 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 18 | Most of the , what has happened I think , over the last two and half years , that I 'm aware of , erm , is basically happening a long time before that , I , I ca n't say yes or no . |
| 19 | But worries over its future have been allayed after Darlington college stepped in to subsidise the cost of employing a full time teacher at the unit to ensure it can continue its daytime classes . |
| 20 | Darlington college has now agreed it will subsidise the cost of employing a full time teacher so daytime classes can continue . |
| 21 | You want a good time , do n't you — with the flesh-pots of Egypt thrown in ! |
| 22 | The , councillor I am not passionate about getting rid of union representation , what I am passionate about is union members paying for their own representation , not me , not the people out there , if they want a full time union official let them pay for it but do n't expect other people to pick up the bill , it 's ludicrous er to er put that sort of money in our budget . |
| 23 | Suppose that the contract contains a simple time limit clause such as : The Buyer will notify the Seller of any claim it may have against the Seller for breach of contract within three days of delivery and that the seller delivers short of the required quantity and the goods are later found to suffer from a latent defect . |
| 24 | This kind of bravura performance is only legitimate if the context and music allow the dancer to ‘ steal a little time ’ . |
| 25 | Someone reported a long time ago that an old lady , on her deathbed , was heard to say : ‘ Weel , it will be a great blessing to hear at last the real truth of the Gowrie conspiracy ’ . |
| 26 | Over 900 of them said : ‘ It should have come a long time ago — very few people have done more for charity , public service and their Party than you have ’ . |
| 27 | The poison develops a little time after the leaf has sprouted , so the monkeys can avoid the worst of it if they eat only the youngest leaves . |
| 28 | The race build up has been disrupted by the controversy over an attempt to impose a minimum time limit of 1hr 50min , because of road closures . |
| 29 | The parents of the 33 children who had not recovered were interviewed a second time to answer the question whether the constipation/soiling problems had persisted or recurred , because we were not able to determine this from the initial questionnaire . |
| 30 | If that freelance photojournalist is wounded , but soon returns to the operational area to continue covering the story , only to be wounded a second time , then we are looking at a fairly remarkable man with a tale worth telling . |