Example sentences of "[verb] have [art] [adj] time [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has had a sad time looking for work in London and intends to go back to the North-East with his parents as soon as possible , ’ said David Martin , defending . |
| 2 | Even Disney , the most successful studio of the late 1980s , has had a tough time launching Hollywood Pictures , the baby sister of its Touchstone studio . |
| 3 | Those who already sail have an exciting time trying to stay upright when it 's really blowing . |
| 4 | Those who already sail have an exciting time trying to stay upright when it 's really blowing . |
| 5 | Ian and Barbara meet — the latter having had a difficult time avoiding Nero 's amorous advances — and with the help of Tavius ( who is a Christian ) , they manage to escape from the city . |
| 6 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
| 7 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
| 8 | When I was a boy — just 30 years ago — a store like this would have had a hard time surviving in this small mid-Western Canadian city . |
| 9 | He could have worked things out the same way I had , and he 'd have had a hellish time believing it all of his own son . |
| 10 | With these objects , in their millennium of power , the Celts seem to have had a splendid time scraping and whipping Europe into shape . |
| 11 | ‘ I have had a wonderful time trying to select flowers that will complement each of you . |
| 12 | Ceauşescu admitted at the beginning of the 1980s that it was easier to change the economy and society than people themselves : ‘ As you can see , we have had an easy time constructing factories . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |