Example sentences of "he [verb] [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 | He 'd realized a long time ago that he 'd married a woman who cuddled complete strangers in the street and probably had a season ticket for West Ham in her handbag . |
| 4 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 5 | Besides , he 'd learned a long time before that you can love a person without loving what they do . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When he had tried a third time , the headmaster had made some slightly menacing remarks about brotherhood and commitment . |
| 10 | And if Jesus was around today he would be going to the places that you and I would think twice about going to , not because he wanted to have a good time , but because he wanted to relate to the people who were there . |
| 11 | If he fails to attend a second time the judge has power to commit him to prison for contempt of court . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | David 's been a really good friend to me , and he 's had a tough time because of it . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He 's had a hard time , has Prentice . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |
| 18 | He 's had a bad time lately as Madame Verveine has had to go into the nursing-home again . |
| 19 | He 's had a thin time . |
| 20 | 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 |