Example sentences of "he had [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the poem of his that he most needed reassurance about was Homage to Sextus Propertius ( 1919 ) , and for that he had to wait a long time . |
| 2 | The door opened quietly ; and stepping into the kitchen , as he had stepped a thousand times before , came Jake . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Lance Percival was in the audience the night that Ken descended on the stage from a rope , curled up his lips , flared his nostrils and in the snide voice he had used a hundred times in the Hancock shows slipped in a ‘ Hello ’ that had the Williams fans rolling . |
| 5 | When he was satisfied no fresh threat was about to manifest itself from the darkness , he moved off back the way he had come , retracing his steps until he reached the shallow stream he had leapt a short time before . |
| 6 | When he had tried a third time , the headmaster had made some slightly menacing remarks about brotherhood and commitment . |
| 7 | It was a book he had read a dozen times in his life ; each time with greater understanding and a growing satisfaction . |