Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's like a holiday camp sometimes and we are all having a good time . |
| 2 | I get a lot of enjoyment from doing it , this is the biggest we 've been involved in and we 're all having a good time . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're just having a good time . ’ |
| 4 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 've missed seeing Prague — but you 're otherwise having a good time , are n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | For instance , a workman may be injured by a chip of metal flying off a hammer which had been negligently manufactured a long time before . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm just having a hard time indentifying you with a business legendary for its ‘ wise old men ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ The victims were just having a good time . ’ |
| 9 | The British Council abroad is bent on getting everything connected with British education and culture under its tyrannical control , and outsiders like myself who found their own positions without passing through the old-boy network and the rigid screening system of the Council were always given a hard time . |
| 10 | Other people were also having a good time : the level of noise had edged up and up ; the charity organizers , women with greedy smiles , were counting piles of money ; and Clarissa was still leading Toby a chase . |
| 11 | She 's obviously having a wonderful time . |
| 12 | Most of the , what has happened I think , over the last two and half years , that I 'm aware of , erm , is basically happening a long time before that , I , I ca n't say yes or no . |
| 13 | it 's just taking a long time . |
| 14 | He probably thinks everyone is still having a good time out there somewhere in the fog . |
| 15 | Well it 's always takes a long time . |
| 16 | When the time comes , the Minister stands up and moves ‘ that the Bill be now read a second time ’ . |
| 17 | Mr. Wilson : I beg to move , That the clause be now read a Second time . |
| 18 | Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question , That the Bill be now read a Second time |
| 19 | Question put , That the Bill be now read a Second time : |
| 20 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 21 | Question put , That the Bill be now read a Second time : |
| 22 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 23 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 24 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 25 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time I believe that there will be a consensus across the House on the Bill . |
| 26 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 27 | erm And as I said , we 're trying to , not that I 'm giving the opposite view to Doctor Plumtree , as I said , we 're trying to fund the people on the front line , you know , the foresters in their back yard , as it were , we 're trying to preserve it , and we also feel we 're not being patronising , it 's not like we 're writing out a large cheque and saying ’ here you are ’ , we 're actually putting a lot of time and effort into this , I mean , it 's now become a full time job for me and certainly for Dave Kester , and all the other people working on it . |
| 28 | So far as Government Bills are concerned , it is no exaggeration to say that the substantial task of legislating will have been largely discharged before the Bill is even read a first time in the House in which it is introduced ( Bills may normally be introduced in either House , thence proceeding to the other ) . |
| 29 | Some of the other holiday-makers did n't speak much English … but that 's the beauty of HCI , everyone is there to have a good time and you find you make friends even if you do n't speak the same language . |
| 30 | The first female is then shot a second time , and as the confused baby attempts to suckle from its dying mother , it too is despatched with a single bullet . ’ |