Example sentences of "had [verb] [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that once , when I did my first removal because the boss was away , and I went to a house wh and they had more more mirrors in that house than I s ever seen since , and because I was only learning and I had n't been taught I put all the other furniture in and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors till at the end there was so much furniture in there was n't room to put the mirrors on the floor and I had to come back a second time to actually do that because I did n't dare put them anywhere else . |
| 2 | The carburettor had clogged up a second time in the storm and they had had to wait until it was over . |
| 3 | Mother Bernie had said so a long time ago and all Preston 's life 's experiences since then had born it out . |
| 4 | Hayling 's dummy had been a marathon performance over months , whilst Sutton had had only a short time and few people . |
| 5 | Lewes had spent only a short time with the unit , but had impressed everyone with his absolute dedication to his work . |