Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [noun prp] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | The hope that the BBC or ITV would move into this job as they would for Commonwealth or Olympic Games was never realistic but it has taken Sheffield a long time to come to terms with the fact . |
2 | He would have given Archie a hard time , I 'm sure of it . |
3 | While she was chopping she said , ‘ You 've known Ian a long time ? ’ |
4 | ‘ I 've known Rohan a long time , but I 've never seen him this way with a woman before , or with such immediacy . |
5 | It had taken Christina a long time to grow accustomed to the nocturnal sounds of the tropics , but she loved them now , and finally fell into a deep sleep , lulled by the incessant chirping of crickets , wind rustling the huge traveller 's palm outside the bedroom window , and the Caribbean sea breaking gently on the shore . |