Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 2 | Mandy was sitting at a table with other staff , all of them laughing and having a wonderful time . |
| 3 | The more entrenched feeding problems can be very difficult to treat and take a long time to show improvement . |
| 4 | Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up . |
| 5 | So we are obliged to interpret calls as meaning ‘ phones ’ and her as referring to ‘ the beautiful girl with long black hair with whom he danced and had a good time ’ . |
| 6 | All might go well and you might simply relive and re-experience a happy time in your life . |
| 7 | So he has a drink , talks to the barman , starts dancing and has a good time all at the ‘ club ’ . |
| 8 | I went and had a lovely time . |
| 9 | ‘ One minute , ’ said Elinor , who seemed to have cheered up considerably , ‘ there he was laughing and joking and having a good time . |
| 10 | What about the parent who says to their son or daughter ‘ You go and have a good time . |
| 11 | ‘ You go and have a good time . |
| 12 | ‘ Go and have a swell time at our fancy-dress party . |
| 13 | ‘ Hopefully he can forget about what has happened and have a good time . ’ |