Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] having a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Richard was having a lean time .
2 Meanwhile , the Bodegraven was having a hard time trying to dear Dutch waters .
3 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 ! ’ .
4 Gedanken was having a great time .
5 No doubt No. 6 Commando were having a rough time in their area .
6 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 .
7 Except , of course , that gay used to be a word where people were having a happy time .
8 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 .
9 Paul was having a tough time himself supervising the contouring of the land around the three-tier pool Stephen had eventually commissioned .
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