Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 This 24 hours is only two-thirds of the 36 hours available ; it should be considered a minimum time to allocate to private study .
2 Poor thing , she must be having a rotten time just now .
3 If made ex parte , the application must be filed a reasonable time before the hearing subject to the power of the court to hear applications at any time .
4 If the occupier then asks them to leave , they must be allowed a reasonable time to leave , after which they will become trespassers .
5 Knowing that the fox might be given a bad time afterwards would n't be a lot of consolation .
6 The Greek revolt was seen by European liberals who in a sense might be having a hard time of it in in , in those years .
7 I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’
8 ‘ He could be gone a long time , you know . ’
9 In February 1989 the proposed new terms and conditions were outlined by letter to staff and , after subsequent fruitless negotiations with the unions , in April 1989 a notice was sent informing the employees that the changes would be discussed with them , that they would be given a reasonable time to consider the new contracts and that they would be dismissed if they did not accept them .
10 ‘ Secrets can be kept a long time , ’ he says .
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