Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] time [verb] " 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 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 6 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 7 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 8 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 9 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 10 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
| 14 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 18 | SINEAD Donaghy could n't have chosen a better time to score her first goal of the season . |
| 19 | With these objects , in their millennium of power , the Celts seem to have had a splendid time scraping and whipping Europe into shape . |
| 20 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 21 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 22 | So I 've got a little time to speak ? |
| 23 | Oh every year , oh well we 've got a long time to keep it going , within about the first , within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top |
| 24 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 25 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 26 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
| 27 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She was bound and helpless , and I 've masturbated a million times imagining girls I know in such situations . ’ |