Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Bored and lonely , yes , but I had a reasonably pleasant time of things all the same .
2 I taught at a private primary school for girls and really , compared with what some teachers go through , I had a terribly easy time , but I still could n't cope .
3 I had a very happy time looking at things I did n't want
4 I had a really good time , went everywhere , went too the mountains .
5 I had a really great time .
6 I have a little less time for ‘ Mr ’ Gosse since my encounter with Ed Winterton .
7 As I stood hesitating in the doorway , Miss Kenton appeared at my side and said : ‘ Mr Stevens , I have a little more time than you at the moment .
8 She had a really bad time .
9 Why not Legoland — Katie Wood did and she had a very constructive time .
10 She had a very jolly time in Korea and she does not like being photographed by the Press .
11 She told me you had a very difficult time . ’
12 you have a really amazing time they 're saying when you get high this happens then it can usually result in this
13 You get zapped and flogged and dumped on — by almost anybody 's standards , you have a really terrible time .
14 We had a pretty good time I suppose , but to tell the truth I did n't feel like a party much .
15 We had a very good time , & good weather , for the rest of our stay , & I think Richard enjoyed showing us the many attractions of his area as much as we enjoyed seeing them .
16 In spite of very indifferent weather , we had a very happy time .
17 It was very handy , being so close to town , and as the Lock family are much of an age with our boys we had a very jolly time together .
18 ‘ I remember once he took a house in Mallorca and , away from London , we had a very enjoyable time .
19 We had a very bad time with Ken , the buyer at first .
20 A : It is true we had a perfectly wonderful time .
21 We had a really good time .
22 Our favourite was Brands Hatch , where we had a really good time . ’
23 We have a very lively time at Conference , we er conduct our business very differently from most of the Party Conferences , most of the work is done before the main debates in workshop sessions .
24 I think they had a jolly good time at the taxpayer 's expense , I but I wo n't be
25 Well they had a particularly bad time many of them lost absolutely everything and now they 're protesting cos the Lloyds people are only coming up with a nine hundred million pound rescue package that might give them some of them back half of what they invested .
26 They have a very hard time saying no to momentary pleasures , regardless of the risks or consequences .
27 They have a very lean time of it in winter , and if the spring grass does not come to their succour , they die in large numbers .
28 Yeah but they go to somewhere bloody they go to the same place every year and they have a real good time .
29 When he wrote to the Prince of Canino five months later he had a little more time to describe the achievements of his two years ‘ in the wilds of Australia ’ :
30 This jester-king was a hand-me-down from darker times when the blessings of the New Year were guaranteed by the sacrifice of the mock king after he had a jolly good time .
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