Example sentences of "had [verb] a [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 2 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 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 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 5 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
| 6 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 7 | It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see . |
| 8 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |