Example sentences of "a [adj] time i " in BNC.

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1 Fearful of waking him a second time I waited .
2 I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time I believe that there will be a consensus across the House on the Bill .
3 So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas .
4 I think it worth pointing out that of course erm when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister for a brief time I think Lady Young was Leader of the House of Lords in her cabinet , but apart from that there was never another women cabinet minister during her time as leader , so
5 Sh and people here give her such a hard time I mean like the blokes are always say oh God , you know , that troll and everything but I
6 For a long time I sat out on the crumbling turf , with the blue distances below , and warm sun lying over this lovely autumn land .
7 For a long time I just could not face wearing them at home .
8 For a long time I never realised how badly paid and overworked I was , but what made me feel bad in those days was the rudeness and lack of respect with which I and other Asian women were treated by the supervisors .
9 And when I saw all of them after such a long time I did n't like to go back again , really I did n't want to at all .
10 With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid .
11 On that day we became friends , yet for a long time I kept my distance , afraid even to shake hands with him .
12 But to tell the truth , for a long time I 've been slightly lost as a dealer .
13 Mary , who now combines her psychology practice with astrological counselling , said : ‘ As a psychologist , for a long time I had been aware of a lack , that this science did not give the whole of the picture .
14 For a long time I walked with my eyes on the ground , watching my feet sinking interminably into the snow .
15 ‘ For a long time I was feeling really lonely and wondering what they were doing , ’ she said .
16 For a long time I had it in mind to write a story contrasting the fates of Eck and his British counterpart .
17 With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly .
18 ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says .
19 For a long time I did not know whether the notes I was accumulating would be published one day , but that did not deter me .
20 For a long time I have had a desire to understand better the behaviour and movements of wild birds and animals , and in the absence of the time ( and probably the dedication ) to undertake a proper study , I decided on a simple ploy which , I hoped , would get some results in the fullness of time .
21 For a long time I assumed she was joking , but not only was I wrong , I was also ignorant of the hard facts of life about the value of students with special needs and the staff who work with them .
22 Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend .
23 ‘ For a long time I did n't want children , and then I wanted them .
24 Turner is one of my favourite painters , but for a long time I have had a theory that he had " wide-angle eyes " that filled the camera with distorted shapes .
25 I was kidding myself for such a long time I began to ignore the risks .
26 After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair .
27 After a long time I said , " Do you want me to leave you alone ? "
28 For a long time I was not exactly sure what I wanted from Project 81 .
29 It was as easy as anything , and for a long time I , I felt well at least I can get in that way and then I thought oh maybe I should , you know doing , doing anything about it , but now I always go out of the other door
30 For a long time I was afraid that he had survived the raids of the Khabiris on our last outposts in the north ; but an infantry captain who had known him managed to make his way back to the Southern Capital and contacted my steward .
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