Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [verb] a [adj] time " 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 | A man gets tired of his business and his family , and he wants to have a good time . |
| 3 | If he fails to attend a second time the judge has power to commit him to prison for contempt of court . |
| 4 | I know he 's had a long time out with injury but he must be all right now or he would n't be playing . ’ |
| 5 | BRIAN HALL : ‘ At that particular moment in time we have a manager that has got himself into the semi-final of the FA Cup , he 's got the opportunity of reaching Wembley , he 's had a difficult time in the League , it 's been a traumatic season okay , then he 's told he needs triple by-pass surgery at the age of 39 . |
| 6 | David 's been a really good friend to me , and he 's had a tough time because of it . |
| 7 | ‘ We do n't always see eye to eye , ’ Marler reflected , blowing smoke circles , ‘ Newman and I. But he 's had a tough time , I 'll give him that . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He 's had a hard time , has Prentice . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |
| 10 | He 's had a bad time lately as Madame Verveine has had to go into the nursing-home again . |
| 11 | He 's had a thin time . |
| 12 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |