Example sentences of "[verb] a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | I am extremely sorry , but I have just had a most trying time . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ She 's had a pretty rotten time in some ways , ’ he said . |
| 33 | If it had been Rime Giants following us we would have had a more difficult time of it ; they enjoy such conditions . |
| 34 | ‘ He 's had a very unhappy time . |
| 35 | By the time Corrie 's wedding took place Philippa was over the worst of her sadness and in a good position to enjoy it to the full — ; the closest to the centre of the ceremonies , yet fancy free ; and she had had a very good time — much affectionate sympathy from aunts and cousins , and husbands of aunts and cousins , and admiration and flirtation and kissing enough . |
| 36 | But he would have preferred Lord Halifax to Churchill as prime minister in 1940 and even in retrospect believed that the country would have fought the war better under Halifax and that the admirals and the generals would have had a less neurotic time . |
| 37 | Like Alciston and most other Sussex parishes it seems to have had a fairly prosperous time until the mid-fourteenth century ; the early over-large tax demands of the Norman overlords had been replaced by a much more balanced local appreciation of the revenue possibilities . |
| 38 | The gentlemen of the press had had a fairly lean time of it so far . |
| 39 | Captain Lawton and his men seem to have had a fairly trouble-free time of it , because all 15 of them were duly discharged back in London after the seven-month voyage . |
| 40 | Howard says : ‘ If it all stopped tomorrow , we can say we 've had a really good time , and that 's what matters . |
| 41 | ‘ We were one of four British teams competing in an event that attracted 19 teams in all and about 2,000 competitors , and we have had a really good time . ’ |
| 42 | Christopher 's had a really good time so have I so has Robert . |
| 43 | I 've had a really horrendous time while you 've been away cavorting with your Jews … ’ |
| 44 | Is he the same driver that you let go two years ago , he 's an old man of the track a little at , he has n't had a terribly successful time at Ferrari . |
| 45 | ‘ We are forecasting a very exciting time developing our activities in London and we will continue to gear our services to the clients requirements and ensure that our approach is a refreshing change . ’ |
| 46 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 47 | You mean I 'll have to wait a very long time . |
| 48 | This can be contrasted with the centesimal scale where we may have to wait a fairly long time to ascertain the action of the remedy . |
| 49 | This year I could only stay a very short time , as I had to get out to Cliveden for a charity ball the same evening . |
| 50 | For us , all that symbolism represents a really bad time in our career , and part of the reason for us packing it all in . |
| 51 | All in all , Mo had been given a pretty torrid time by the nation 's voters . |
| 52 | The hon. Gentleman need not think that there is any military support for the idea that in the past the Navy has argued for a three-boat solution , and he will be given a very rough time by the Navy if he makes such a suggestion . |
| 53 | I had been given a very short time to assimilate the books of poetry and to write the review : a time-limit that would have been almost impossible for me to meet today , so much more sluggish has my mind become ; but I felt that if Eliot thought I could do the job , it was doubtless within my capacity . |
| 54 | In comparison with the inhibition effect , however , this facilitation only occurred when the subject was given a relatively long time to read the context . |
| 55 | Large public meetings were called in the main county towns to test reaction : CEGB speakers were given a consistently hard time . |
| 56 | Remember that the vendor may not wish to have you around the house at all , so try to agree a mutually convenient time , starting at , say , 9am or 2pm , which will allow at least three daylight hours for the survey . |
| 57 | By arrangement with the Sole Selling Agents who will be pleased to arrange a mutually convenient time for this Company to escort prospective purchasers around the property . |
| 58 | As indicated in previous correspondence , my clients are not envisaging a ‘ walk away ’ deal and therefore the next stage is to arrange a mutually convenient time for you to meet with my clients . |
| 59 | Flowers such as strelitzias , anthuriums and orchids last a very long time and are well worth taking home — some flower shops will pack them specially for export . |
| 60 | But it 's expensive , useless as an insulator when wet and takes a very long time to dry . |