Example sentences of "have a [adj] time [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she had been married to Francis , Mary might have had a harder time for he was a consummate bed player . |
| 2 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I thought she 'd have a rougher time than she did , unlike some team members who were like bulls at a gate . |
| 4 | I thought it would be great down there , but I started having a bad time so I went back to Newcastle . |
| 5 | I go out all day to college having a lovely time while you stay at home making yourself ill . |
| 6 | times for auctioning though was er when shops went bankrupt , er especially chocolate shops , cos then we had a good time after he 'd done because we usually got loads of chocolate which was a luxury . . |
| 7 | The first women newsreaders had a difficult time because they were constantly ‘ filtered ’ through their sexuality . |
| 8 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |