Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting in the third round could be fourth seed Boris Becker , who has had a torrid time in the build-up to the French Championships but who has a good chance to find his feet with a first round match against 579th-ranked French wild card Nicolas Escude . |
| 2 | The former Charlton youngster has had a harrowing time at Wednesday since his £250,000 move in January last year — but is aiming to finally win over the Hillsborough boo-boys . |
| 3 | Bowater has had a miserable time since joining the Footsie last week , the share price falling a good 10 p.c . |
| 4 | It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived . |
| 5 | It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement . |
| 6 | ‘ She has waited a long time for rest . |
| 7 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
| 8 | She 'd had a terrible time at the birth . |
| 9 | ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything . |
| 10 | She 'd had a wondrous time with another man , a time that filled her with remembered textures and sensations , that would have left her smiling now if Parr had not become so damned intrusive . |
| 11 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 12 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 13 | Is she making a promise to the British people that this improvement will be financed by an increase in taxation , or that , just as the Conservative Government have always aspired to improve that target , so will a Labour Government , and the British people will have to wait a long time for such an improvement to materialise ? |
| 14 | Most modern chemists would probably say that we 'd have to wait a long time by the standards of a human lifetime , but perhaps not all that long by the standards of cosmological time . |
| 15 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
| 16 | The boy must have had a terrible time at school . |
| 17 | Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it ! |
| 18 | Having spent a fabulous time with the Easterhouse Women 's Group at the Wellhouse Community Centre , I have been encouraged to continue working on the issues central to my creativity , women , race and class — a wonderfully exciting picture to paint for our futures . |
| 19 | Simon Pepper of the WWF said : ‘ We have had to recognise that having spent a considerable time on this project and having devoted considerable resources by our organisations , it has not been possible to secure the overall package which we considered necessary for going ahead . |
| 20 | And he may have to live a long time with the third . |
| 21 | Was it easier for them was it easy for them to pick up work or would they have been woul would they have to face a long time on the dole or ? |
| 22 | When you decide to practise , do not choose a difficult water , or difficult fish , where you are likely to have to wait a long time for a bite . |
| 23 | I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late . |
| 24 | She had had a good time in her twenties : a good job as a doctor 's receptionist ( she had gone against the general rule for the species by being warm and sympathetic , though she stood no more nonsense than was inescapable ) . |
| 25 | Dave was in the property business , and had had a baddish time during the recession . |
| 26 | They must have been there because people only grew up like Tina when they had had a hard time as children . |
| 27 | He even embellished the story in a flood of fluent German , explaining that they had captured the British truck and had had a hard time of it at the front . |
| 28 | Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener 's cat and later with the gardener . |
| 29 | I was cast opposite him but I was nothing like the draw he was and we had had a dodgy time on tour . |
| 30 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |