Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Poor Mangan , ’ Father Poole would sigh , ‘ the street-arabs gave him an awful time — and I was one of them , God forgive me . ’
2 Sunday 's dynamic , no-nonsense , no-holds barred mood makes it a go-ahead time .
3 On reaching the Spanish borders where officials gave them a hard time , Norman thought it advisable if Minton drove off .
4 If you wonder why people give you a hard time , it 's because you write shit like this .
5 There was time when they had to bribe er , give some sort of er incentive to the foreman to give them a good time , then it was the shop stewards who would give the workers to the management who will do the o overtime .
6 Gerber , with 19 international tries in 24 Tests , is considering retirement when he returns to the Republic , insisting : ‘ When you are 24 your mistakes are forgiven , but when you are my age every game has to be excellent or the critics give you a difficult time .
7 It seems that the seductive Suzie gave him a hard time one way and another . ’
8 The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit .
9 SCORPION WOLFCHILD , just recently moved to London , is stalking some attractive , mysterious , bright , sweet-smelling females to show him a good time .
10 Sheldukher killed him a long time ago . ’
11 Yet Wakefield gave them a hard time throughout .
12 The press gave him a hard time for his swing and his technique , but I love his attitude .
13 Mankiewicz always refuted stories that Sinatra gave him a hard time on the set , but one of Mankiewicz 's sons said that his father ‘ finished the picture hating Sinatra ’ .
14 I am the delighted winner of the Outdoor Action Splash competition and I 'd just like to say that Andy Middleton and his colleagues gave us a great time on our week 's holiday at the Twr-y-Felin outdoor centre .
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