Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] have a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting in the third round could be fourth seed Boris Becker , who has had a torrid time in the build-up to the French Championships but who has a good chance to find his feet with a first round match against 579th-ranked French wild card Nicolas Escude . |
| 2 | She has had a bad time . |
| 3 | Erm but she 's had a nice time . |
| 4 | She 's had a terrible time |
| 5 | She 's grown , she 's changed , she 's had a brilliant time , but her best is yet to come . |
| 6 | White face , dark circles and short temper — she 's had a brilliant time ! |
| 7 | She 's had a bad time and no mistake . ’ |
| 8 | She 's had a bad time , so the buzz has it . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | She 's a fine girl , Seb , and she 's had a hard time . |
| 11 | She 's had a distressing time . |
| 12 | ‘ He has had a sad time looking for work in London and intends to go back to the North-East with his parents as soon as possible , ’ said David Martin , defending . |
| 13 | A man gets tired of his business and his family , and he wants to have a good time . |
| 14 | I know he 's had a long time out with injury but he must be all right now or he would n't be playing . ’ |
| 15 | BRIAN HALL : ‘ At that particular moment in time we have a manager that has got himself into the semi-final of the FA Cup , he 's got the opportunity of reaching Wembley , he 's had a difficult time in the League , it 's been a traumatic season okay , then he 's told he needs triple by-pass surgery at the age of 39 . |
| 16 | David 's been a really good friend to me , and he 's had a tough time because of it . |
| 17 | ‘ We do n't always see eye to eye , ’ Marler reflected , blowing smoke circles , ‘ Newman and I. But he 's had a tough time , I 'll give him that . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He 's had a hard time , has Prentice . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |
| 20 | He 's had a bad time lately as Madame Verveine has had to go into the nursing-home again . |
| 21 | He 's had a thin time . |