Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Consumers do not confuse the availability of good physical facilities with good quality ; such facilities may tempt a consumer to choose a particular shop , but it is the quality of the staff which will determine whether the consumer will buy or return a second time . ’ |
| 2 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 3 | Tenacious and long-memoried , they had not allowed themselves to be uprooted or changed a second time . |
| 4 | Just imagine a single garment that can be mixed and matched a million times to look different and devastating every time . |
| 5 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 6 | Mandy was sitting at a table with other staff , all of them laughing and having a wonderful time . |
| 7 | He paused during a hectic sightseeing tour of London to add : ‘ We 're shattered but having a great time . ’ |
| 8 | An hour later , when the board had been filled and emptied a hundred times and the duster was whiter than Rose 's hair after a day under the machines , the children sat back , dazed by the splendour of Miss Harker 's academic prowess and not a whit the wiser for it . |
| 9 | The more entrenched feeding problems can be very difficult to treat and take a long time to show improvement . |
| 10 | Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up . |
| 11 | She stopped singing when he knocked on the door , but he had to wait and knock a second time before she invited him in . |
| 12 | So we are obliged to interpret calls as meaning ‘ phones ’ and her as referring to ‘ the beautiful girl with long black hair with whom he danced and had a good time ’ . |
| 13 | All might go well and you might simply relive and re-experience a happy time in your life . |
| 14 | Gurder 's mouth opened and shut a few times . |
| 15 | The girl 's mouth opened and shut a few times . |
| 16 | Only when Chuck reloaded and shot a third time did the animal slowly crumple to the ground and roll onto its side , leaving one great horn curving majestically upward above the tall grass . |
| 17 | So he has a drink , talks to the barman , starts dancing and has a good time all at the ‘ club ’ . |
| 18 | I went and had a lovely time . |
| 19 | If the gallery outside the silver door had hummed and quivered and thrown out heat before , now the sensations were magnified and multiplied a hundred times as Calatin set the Silver Looms to harness the power of the sorcerer . |
| 20 | ‘ One minute , ’ said Elinor , who seemed to have cheered up considerably , ‘ there he was laughing and joking and having a good time . |
| 21 | He swayed and teetered a few times , and there were gasps from the onlookers . |
| 22 | What about the parent who says to their son or daughter ‘ You go and have a good time . |
| 23 | ‘ You go and have a good time . |
| 24 | ‘ Go and have a swell time at our fancy-dress party . |
| 25 | ‘ Hopefully he can forget about what has happened and have a good time . ’ |
| 26 | It 's the sort of film you can sit and watch a few times . |
| 27 | I coughed and spluttered and gagged a few times , then fell back into Jamie 's arms , bringing my legs up to my chin to ease the ache in my stomach muscles . |
| 28 | What I needed was a solid holder that would n't let pencils bend or break , and a retainer that would expand and contract a million times . |