Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just four days after completing a 30-hour journey from Edinburgh to Darwin they were expected to overcome a nine-hour time difference and temperatures in the 90 's to beat a Northern Territories Invitation XV . |
| 2 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 3 | And tonight he was going to have a good time . |
| 4 | Because I was older and a bit more staid I was going to have a hard time . |
| 5 | ‘ I have no illusions about Florian , ’ she confirmed drily , and was driven to hesitate a second time . |
| 6 | To rub it in he then scored from a free-kick ( which he was allowed to take a second time ! ) . |
| 7 | The girl had been left without a chaperon and was determined to have a good time with some boys . |
| 8 | When the VHS system was launched in Britain five years ago , a single tape speed ( 2.34 cm/s ) was chosen to give a playing time of three hours per cassette . |