Example sentences of "be [verb] a [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | There is no length to a discussion , unlike a talk where speakers are given a specific time for delivery . |
2 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
3 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
4 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
5 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
6 | According to Computerworld , Softlab recently offered $350m for the company — which has been experiencing a rough time of late , reporting mid-term losses of $3.5m back in January . |
7 | Says 24-year-old Alex : ‘ We have been having a great time in Blackpool and are all so excited about coming to Liverpool . |
8 | It has been an awful long time in the development , but V M Technologies , the semiconductor development affiliate of ASCII Corp , the software development company run by Kazuhiko Nishi , which has been having a rough time of it of late , has finally announced that it has completed the preparation to sell its long-promised home-grown microprocessor fully compatible with Intel Corp 's 80386 , the first 80386 clone developed in Japan . |
9 | Clearly he 'd been having a bad time of it . |
10 | The poor old dear has been having a hard time of late . |
11 | I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’ |
12 | That she appeared to be having a marvellous time in Jamaica and was being hopelessly indulged by Dunbar had elicited no more than a shrug of Harry 's shoulders and a vague comment about his being delighted she was having such a good time . |
13 | He set up the TV Times coverage , and we all pretended to be having a wonderful time for the benefit of the camera . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Muldoon seemed to be taking a long time over his coffee . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose . |
18 | Town 's first Easter delight came on saturday against Luton at the County Ground … they were given a tough time in this one … a draw would have been a good result … a fair one too … but thanks to Paul Bodin the full-back with a golden boot they went and snatched a win … |
19 | No doubt No. 6 Commando were having a rough time in their area . |
20 | British deaf men and women were spared much of this horror , and went on with their lives , but they were having a grim time of it too . |
21 | If we four were representatives of our platoon , it was understandable that the staff were having a tough time of it , pretending that we were all the same — physically , socially and morally . |
22 | That is left for members of the host community to do , as it busies itself ghettoizing the minority ; and as it ghettoizes it mumbles , and if you listen carefully you can just discern beneath the self-righteousness , the self-congratulation , the following : ‘ Okay , okay , so you were having a hard time in your own country . |
23 | What is more , much of government expenditure is committed a long time in advance and can not easily be cut . |
24 | Rupert 's having a nice time after school cleaning the desks . |
25 | Got to be a cobbler round who is having a lean time of it . ’ |
26 | Too many companies decide that if the product is having a tough time in the market , the answer is to change the packaging , and DEC is tarting up its famous lower-case ‘ digital ’ logo , which has stood the company in excellent stead since 1957 . |
27 | It had looked as if Robert Palmer was getting Digital Equipment Corp back onto an even keel , but now comes cause for great concern : too many companies decide that if the product is having a tough time in the market , the answer is to change the packaging , and DEC is tarting up its famous lower-case ‘ digital ’ logo , which has stood the company in excellent stead since 1957 ; the updated logo features ‘ a more contemporary typeface and slight modifications to the spacing of the design 's blocks ’ , and the white letters now appear on a burgundy background instead of the traditional blue — and we hope the company gets some very tough questioning at the annual meeting over the cost . |
28 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
29 | DEC 's Alpha , meanwhile , was given a hard time for being late into the market . |
30 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |