Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Secondly , the court may order him to forfeit his office if he is convicted for corruption under the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 , and if he is convicted a second time under that Act he may be adjudged incapable for ever of holding a public office .
2 He tells her that America is very hot but he is having a nice time .
3 But despite this , Mr Pacey denies he 's chosen a bad time to go .
4 and she said yeah he 's fine he 's having a super time
5 I mean , I look at John Lee Hooker , he 's still smiling , he 's having a good time just doing it .
6 He 's having a great time , dancing with anyone and everyone .
7 Kennedy 's response ; he 's having a great time .
8 And so these two brothers , they both got back on , but unfortunately er Les , he was made a full time official of the miners , when he retired , full time official of the miners union .
9 She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office .
10 ‘ Dr Henry is extremely short-sighted and as he bent down to try to find them , he was punched a second time , which caused him to fall back and land on a bench , ’ Mr Thomas said .
11 Salim states that he was having a rough time , and was tired and suspicious of Yvette : he does not say that a tribal god commanded him to leave her .
12 and I bought her but when I came out the loo he is playing with the bus going wheeee , he was having a great time with that , I looked at him and I said got to give that to Charlotte , no , no , I do n't like it I want the house , meaning the garage , so I 've gone out now and bought her a circus
13 He was having a wonderful time and so was Edith .
14 He was having a wonderful time , and had at least , she noticed , retained enough good sense to make sure that his losses at the table were minimal .
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