Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] time [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | One of those days was last Friday , when I had a terrible time going to lunch with Herman to meet Ivy . |
| 3 | ‘ I had a hard time getting through Ulysses , ’ I responded as lightly as I could . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 've always done it because I have a good time doing it . |
| 6 | Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Lovejoy is fun and I have a great time doing it . ’ |
| 8 | Having watched someone die after being put in succession on steroids , Opren and Distalgesic , I have a hard time trying to be objective . |
| 9 | I do n't know about you but I have a hard time believing that . |
| 10 | ‘ She had a splendid time visiting the Radio Show and sitting in the Mayor 's parlour . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We had a terrible time administering the company , which we had bought very cheaply and which was in disarray . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | We had a lovely time filming it in Yorkshire . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Grayling found that he had a hard time getting people to take him seriously . |