Example sentences of "[verb] have [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You two appear to have had a good time , ’ Maggie said with a smile . |
2 | It seemed to have lasted a long time and there had been no glory for me in it . |
3 | In some ways , thought Henry , the man with whom Donald had been confused seemed to have had a better time of it . |
4 | But before that the Royals are going to have to endure a disturbing time . |
5 | With these objects , in their millennium of power , the Celts seem to have had a splendid time scraping and whipping Europe into shape . |
6 | Certainly those who were in the square in 1387 hoping to see the completion of the Duomo would have had to wait a long time , far longer than the span of a human life . |
7 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
8 | Patients sought a declaration that the Secretary of State and health authorities were in breach of duty as they had had to wait an unreasonable time , because of a decision not to build a new block for a hospital on grounds of cost . |
9 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
10 | Lonrho and its shareholders , whatever the merits of their case , have had to wait an unconscionable time for the facts to be established . |