Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had always taken a long time over her toilet : a review of her clothes ; a long-drawn-out bath ; massage ; manicure ; then her hair and make-up . |
| 2 | Unfortunately Phil had unwittingly chosen a bad time to clash with the pirate radio vessel . |
| 3 | The only wonder was that he had n't set a new time limit for her departure . |
| 4 | ‘ I was never given the details , but Mum did remark that you had n't had an easy time . ’ |
| 5 | He continued : [ T ] he ultimate question for the court was this : if the section 146 notice had required the lessee to remedy the breach and the lessors had then allowed a reasonable time to elapse to enable the lessee fully to comply with the relevant covenant , would such compliance , coupled with the payment of any appropriate monetary compensation , have effectively remedied the harm which the lessors had suffered or were likely to suffer from the breach ? |