Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] time [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has had a sad time looking for work in London and intends to go back to the North-East with his parents as soon as possible , ’ said David Martin , defending . |
| 2 | Even Disney , the most successful studio of the late 1980s , has had a tough time launching Hollywood Pictures , the baby sister of its Touchstone studio . |
| 3 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 4 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 5 | Ian and Barbara meet — the latter having had a difficult time avoiding Nero 's amorous advances — and with the help of Tavius ( who is a Christian ) , they manage to escape from the city . |
| 6 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
| 7 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
| 8 | When I was a boy — just 30 years ago — a store like this would have had a hard time surviving in this small mid-Western Canadian city . |
| 9 | He could have worked things out the same way I had , and he 'd have had a hellish time believing it all of his own son . |
| 10 | With these objects , in their millennium of power , the Celts seem to have had a splendid time scraping and whipping Europe into shape . |
| 11 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 12 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
| 13 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 14 | She was bound and helpless , and I 've masturbated a million times imagining girls I know in such situations . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I have had a wonderful time trying to select flowers that will complement each of you . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |
| 17 | It is a tribute not only to the management at Yarrow but to the workers , who have spent a long time removing ill-considered demarcation practices — and it is as a shipbuilder that I say that . |
| 18 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |