Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can I have a little time to think it over ? ’ |
| 2 | I 've got to say that I did enjoy this outing ; although the day began with a freezing start it warmed up later and I had a pleasant time working amongst the iron and other junk that abounds on the riverside . |
| 3 | One of those days was last Friday , when I had a terrible time going to lunch with Herman to meet Ivy . |
| 4 | It was fortunate that I had a little time to accustom myself to being in such a place and to the thought of seeing my father . |
| 5 | ‘ I had a hard time getting through Ulysses , ’ I responded as lightly as I could . |
| 6 | Glennis O'Connor , a secretary in London 's East End , whose son Conrad is now 14 months , says , ‘ I had a horrible time trying to breastfeed — I had one nipple that was so sore it felt like hot pepper was being rubbed into it each time I fed Conrad . |
| 7 | I 've always done it because I have a good time doing it . |
| 8 | Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Lovejoy is fun and I have a great time doing it . ’ |
| 10 | Having watched someone die after being put in succession on steroids , Opren and Distalgesic , I have a hard time trying to be objective . |
| 11 | I do n't know about you but I have a hard time believing that . |
| 12 | ‘ She had a splendid time visiting the Radio Show and sitting in the Mayor 's parlour . |
| 13 | The Princess , dressed simply in a white blouse and dark skirt , was draped with crimson flower garlands as she flew over Mount Everest in a helicopter , 40 years after a British-sponsored expedition became the first to reach the summit of the world 's highest mountain.As she flew past the snowy peak a relative of a Nepalese climber who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary up Everest in 1953 was leading a seven-member Australian team up the mountain.Although the Princess did not see any climbers she told fellow passengers aboard her Super Puma helicopter that she had a wonderful time seeing the mountain through clear skies . |
| 14 | Reced er the precedent for the situation that we are in now , yes indeed there is one and it was when er the Labour government was last in power in nineteen seventy eight , when we had er er er to er set up the European constituencies we had a limited time to do it in and all the countries in Europe had to agree to bring forward the same kind of agreement and put it into effect at the same time . |
| 15 | We had a terrible time administering the company , which we had bought very cheaply and which was in disarray . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not sure if it was ‘ The Reign of Terror ’ story about the French Revolution , or one of the other ones , but we had a terrible time getting Bill to pronounce the word brazier , meaning a rack for burning coals . |
| 17 | We had a lovely time filming it in Yorkshire . |
| 18 | He is a great walker now — distance no object — and we had a fine time looking at all the things the canal had to offer , including frozen puddles and flying swans . |
| 19 | But we have a little time left . |
| 20 | And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear . |
| 21 | There was one by the newsstand sometimes , scraping at a violin , but he had a tough time competing with the unofficial buskers who had loud guitars and stronger voices . |
| 22 | Grayling found that he had a hard time getting people to take him seriously . |