Example sentences of "[conj] had [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did refer to the fact that , if the trial proceeded , witnesses would be giving evidence about things that had occurred a long time ago and said that he did ‘ not think that is a position which is salvaged or saved by reason of the fact that there are in being notebooks , that there are in being witness statements . ’ |
| 2 | They reminded Lucien of something that had happened a long time ago , but he could n't remember what . |
| 3 | Dave was in the property business , and had had a baddish time during the recession . |
| 4 | He even embellished the story in a flood of fluent German , explaining that they had captured the British truck and had had a hard time of it at the front . |
| 5 | Clare looked incredibly fit and had had a wonderful time . |
| 6 | Christophe was extremely fit and used to the 100 per cent humidity , and had learnt a long time back to carry the absolute minimum — a battered still camera and two oranges for lunch — for a full day in the forest . |