Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford have Aston Villa at the Manor on Wednesday … it 's all ticket … and tomorrow is your last chance to get one … the box office is open all day … do n't miss it … next for us is the third division where Hereford are having a hard time |
| 2 | With these two products firmly established as the market leaders other products are having a tough time breaking through . |
| 3 | Each defendant and his witness are given a limited time — say fifteen minutes altogether — in the box . |
| 4 | There is no length to a discussion , unlike a talk where speakers are given a specific time for delivery . |
| 5 | Richard was having a lean time . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , the Bodegraven was having a hard time trying to dear Dutch waters . |
| 7 | Bills are read a first time in the same way as in the case of Government Bills , two weeks after the ballot is taken , and there is consequently little time for any consultation or drafting which has not already taken place . |
| 8 | The visitors were having a great time until suddenly the lights went up and bar staff started howling , ‘ Give us your pots and glasses and start moving on out , PLEASE ! ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ When I step back from it all , I see tennis was invented a long time ago . |
| 10 | Gedanken was having a great time . |
| 11 | Chapman 's message to Huddersfield 's supporters was full of his customary cheery confidence : ‘ The team are having a fine time . |
| 12 | ‘ Forest are having a bad time — they 've lost six matches without winning . ’ |
| 13 | Those hyacinths in the cauldron are taking a long time to come out are n't they ? |
| 14 | Presumably , thought Thiercelin , the defenders of Telnitz were having a harder time , but there was no way of communicating with them . |
| 15 | Too many companies decide that if the product is having a tough time in the market , the answer is to change the packaging , and DEC is tarting up its famous lower-case ‘ digital ’ logo , which has stood the company in excellent stead since 1957 . |
| 16 | It had looked as if Robert Palmer was getting Digital Equipment Corp back onto an even keel , but now comes cause for great concern : too many companies decide that if the product is having a tough time in the market , the answer is to change the packaging , and DEC is tarting up its famous lower-case ‘ digital ’ logo , which has stood the company in excellent stead since 1957 ; the updated logo features ‘ a more contemporary typeface and slight modifications to the spacing of the design 's blocks ’ , and the white letters now appear on a burgundy background instead of the traditional blue — and we hope the company gets some very tough questioning at the annual meeting over the cost . |
| 17 | Rupert 's having a nice time after school cleaning the desks . |
| 18 | In Ipswich , the Amberstone Bookshop was having a better time of it after a steady year , supported by some strong local titles . |
| 19 | ‘ The entire community was resettled a long time ago . |
| 20 | Though the money is being spent , local vendors are having a tough time coping with the increasingly erratic nature of demand and worsening financial instability . |
| 21 | No doubt No. 6 Commando were having a rough time in their area . |
| 22 | Mr Antonis is having a hard time getting his message of openness across to all the citizens of Antwerp . |
| 23 | ‘ When I go out I switch on the video and know my cats are having a good time looking at visions of snakes , hippos , mice , rabbits — oh , just about everything . |
| 24 | ‘ When people are by themselves they always think other people are having a good time , ’ explained Tim . |
| 25 | ‘ I feel almost guilty that so many good things are happening to us , when such a lot of people are having a bad time , ’ Sarah said . |
| 26 | The comments above by Sisam ( 1915 ) and Hall ( 1920 ) arise directly from Skeats 's views , and , although these comments were made a long time ago , it would be a mistake to think that the Anglo-Norman argument has now been abandoned . |
| 27 | Of course all this change , verve and audacity was enough to give traditional Christians apoplexy , but too many people were having a good time to worry about the consequences of all these changes . |
| 28 | Except , of course , that gay used to be a word where people were having a happy time . |
| 29 | If we four were representatives of our platoon , it was understandable that the staff were having a tough time of it , pretending that we were all the same — physically , socially and morally . |
| 30 | Since all the speculators , mainly companies , have left the market and real collectors are waiting to buy until the market bottoms out , galleries in the Ginza are having a difficult time selling any painting which costs more than $80,000 . |