Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything . |
| 2 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 3 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
| 4 | I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast . |
| 5 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 6 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 7 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 8 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've had a splendid time , ’ she replied instead , and when some minutes later a taxi whisked them back to their hotel she felt it had been a dream of an evening . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've had a great time , ’ Ashley said , thanking Vitor when he brought the car to a halt . |
| 11 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sorry sir , I 've had a tough time with this . |
| 13 | When the sightseeing tour was over , Little Billy sat down again on a large branch and said to the whole company of Minpins , ‘ Look , I 've had a lovely time with you all , but how am I ever going to get home again ? |
| 14 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 15 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 16 | Well I mean I 'm , I 've got an easy time at the moment because I 'm on today . |
| 17 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 19 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 20 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |
| 21 | But looking back on his past he can say simply : ‘ I have had a good time . ’ |
| 22 | Joel , 38 , who won Gola League title honours with Runcorn 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have had a good time as a player and I have decided that enough is enough . |
| 23 | ‘ I have had a great time at Sunderland , but I am ambitious and want to play in the Premier League . |
| 24 | You and I have had a great time over the last 32 years … most of the time . |
| 25 | ‘ I have had a wonderful time trying to select flowers that will complement each of you . |
| 26 | ‘ She has waited a long time for rest . |
| 27 | She has had a bad time . |
| 28 | Lucinda came home from her first riding lesson and told her dad that she 'd had a great time . |
| 29 | She 'd had a terrible time at the birth . |
| 30 | On and on she heard herself ranting ( could it be that she heard echoes of her own past self , the speaking , ranting , resurrected ghost of that ephemeral figure Liz Lintot ? ) and heard his vague , evasive grunts and answers : yes , he said , he and Henrietta would marry as soon as possible , Henrietta wanted to go to New York with him , she 'd had a thin time herself lately , he needed her in New York , Henrietta had n't been well , needed to settle … and as Liz spoke and listened she was aware of a simultaneous conviction that this was the most shocking , the most painful hour of her entire life , and also that it was profoundly dull , profoundly trivial , profoundly irrelevant , a mere routine , devoid of truth , devoid of meaning : nothing . |