Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] have a [adj] time " in BNC.

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31 She had had a good time in her twenties : a good job as a doctor 's receptionist ( she had gone against the general rule for the species by being warm and sympathetic , though she stood no more nonsense than was inescapable ) .
32 Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change .
33 She had had a wonderful time and took an extra turn of the floor .
34 ‘ She said she had had a wonderful time and liked the people of Merseyside , so I hope this unfortunate incident does n't remain in her mind . ’
35 ‘ Well , not exactly , I mean , I did n't think that carefully … but you have had a rough time , you must admit . ’
36 We hope you have had a pleasant time wherever you have been .
37 Erm but she 's had a nice time .
38 She 's had a terrible time
39 She 's grown , she 's changed , she 's had a brilliant time , but her best is yet to come .
40 White face , dark circles and short temper — she 's had a brilliant time !
41 She 's had a bad time and no mistake . ’
42 She 's had a bad time , so the buzz has it .
43 ‘ I had no idea that Mary was on that tack ; she 's a nice girl and she 's had a hard time what with that husband of has and now her father almost bedridden with arthritis . ’
44 She 's a fine girl , Seb , and she 's had a hard time .
45 She 's had a distressing time .
46 We seem to have a good time whenever we 're out and always have something to talk about , which is really great .
47 My brother tt he er had a bicycle and then he joined up , er we did have a hectic time , he could make anything go .
48 We did have a short time to show off whatever skills we had managed to acquire .
49 However , independently of machines , we do have a natural time sense .
50 Yeah we 've had a brilliant time .
51 I mean I 'll be upset about our Whisky , 'cos we 're , I mean , we 've had a long time , although she 's not a pet pet , you know what I mean .
52 We 've had a marvellous time , ’ they beam , ‘ really marvellous . ’
53 We 've had a cu We 've had a first time they 've erm quote at two thousand one hundred and seventy six pounds .
54 When we got home my mother asked if we had had a good time and Syl said with great enthusiasm that we had .
55 I was cast opposite him but I was nothing like the draw he was and we had had a dodgy time on tour .
56 If any are received erm by the cutoff date , then it has to be my my submission that we have to have a reasonable time to respond .
57 Er we have to have a reasonable time to respond .
58 They 'd had a good time .
59 They 'd had a good time , it had given him a good holiday , her too .
60 They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon
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