Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj -er] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He started up twenty years ago , he could not have picked a better time . |
| 4 | Duodenoscopes are more difficult to clean thoroughly than gastroscopes because of the bridging elevator channel and , as they are often used less frequently , their incomplete disinfection or drying allows a greater time for organisms to proliferate . |
| 5 | We shall not make any comments about this until we have had a chance to inspect a longer time span . |
| 6 | Those people whose first job on leaving unemployment was a " temporary " one were more likely to suffer multiple spells of unemployment , to hold many jobs , to experience a longer time in unemployment and a shorter time in employment over the 20 months following their initial registration than those whose first job was a " permanent " one [ see Tables 4.3.5 ] . |
| 7 | The tourists anticipate a harder time than recent evidence in Welsh and Irish rugby might have suggested to them . |
| 8 | In some ways , thought Henry , the man with whom Donald had been confused seemed to have had a better time of it . |
| 9 | Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! " |
| 10 | The professor said : ‘ Judith has had a worse time than David because all of this is not of her making . |
| 11 | If she had been married to Francis , Mary might have had a harder time for he was a consummate bed player . |
| 12 | If Peggy herself had had one tenth of such devotion from her father she would have had a happier time as a child . |
| 13 | In all election campaigns , incumbent governments are going to be given a harder time than the Opposition . |
| 14 | The ABI , however , imposes a shorter time limit . |
| 15 | C. nevillii takes a longer time to root than most other species . |
| 16 | Unless you 've been asked to fill a longer time , aim at making your item three to four minutes in length . |
| 17 | In the final , expecting a tougher time against Norfolk , they ran out 7–0 winners with Old Loughts ' Ian Barker and Krishnan both notching hat-tricks and Chelmsford 's Phil Benton adding the other . |
| 18 | The locals , in theory , should have a better time of it , the grapevine telling them where the ice is best . |
| 19 | In short , not only does the user have a better time , the support desk gets far fewer calls to come and deal with apparent equipment failures . |
| 20 | They could n't have a better time to do it . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought she 'd have a rougher time than she did , unlike some team members who were like bulls at a gate . |
| 22 | Current affairs programmes will have a tougher time : if Thames wins back its franchise , it will probably continue to make This Week . |
| 23 | It was urged that , if this construction were adopted , a solicitor would have a shorter time during which he may abstain from bringing his action for work done than the rest of Her Majesty 's subjects . |
| 24 | Your birthday tea ready but you were having a better time somewhere else ! |
| 25 | I start thinking , ‘ Am I entertaining the person over there having a better time ? |
| 26 | In Ipswich , the Amberstone Bookshop was having a better time of it after a steady year , supported by some strong local titles . |
| 27 | It is embarrassing being young and wanting to be more liberated than you are , yet not being , and pretending to be more liberated than you are , or that you 're having a racier time . |
| 28 | Presumably , thought Thiercelin , the defenders of Telnitz were having a harder time , but there was no way of communicating with them . |
| 29 | Some rays , which took a longer time to travel , left the white hole earlier ( when it was smaller ) while others , which took less time to travel , would have left the white hole later ( when it was bigger ) . |
| 30 | The safety mattress took a shorter time to reach a lower maximum temperature — 84°C — and formed only 50–3 cubic metres of smoke . |