Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Karen was looking after Ann McDonald from Scotland who was having a terrific time despite suffering from spina bifida and hydroencephalus ( water on the brain ) . |
| 33 | I was the best-known face in East Anglia , but I was having a terrible time . |
| 34 | Paul was having a tough time himself supervising the contouring of the land around the three-tier pool Stephen had eventually commissioned . |
| 35 | ‘ Farming in general was having a tough time , the prices of most traditional agricultural commodities were declining in real terms , farms were having to become much larger to remain economically viable and most commentators felt things were not going to get much better in the short term indeed most said they were going to get worse . ’ |
| 36 | Meanwhile , the Bodegraven was having a hard time trying to dear Dutch waters . |
| 37 | Hemmings took a catch to dismiss Logie , who was beginning to look dangerous , and then the wickets slithered away — including Harper run out by a fine throw from Hemmings , who was having a wonderful time . |
| 38 | He was having a wonderful time and so was Edith . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | ‘ I heard it was having a difficult time . ’ |
| 41 | Richard was having a lean time . |
| 42 | The following morning I got Dad 's step-ladder out , put some of his flowerpots from the greenhouse on the steps and was having a lovely time with my own version of ‘ Breaking up the Happy Home ’ when the sound of pots smashing brought my carnival to an end . |
| 43 | She said I was having a lovely time looking all round these things ! |
| 44 | And she bought things with her erm twenty five pound voucher said I was having a lovely time and I forgot the time ! |
| 45 | Davies , Strudwick and Johnson persuaded Nicholas to hand in her resignation because they could see that she was having an impossible time of it . |
| 46 | What a man like Siward would do , who was hiding a second time in a forest and had blown the withdrawal within minutes of the Normans ' arrival . |
| 47 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 48 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |
| 49 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 50 | The switched-off siren was taking a long time to die . |
| 51 | I was taking a long time ! |
| 52 | ‘ I was anticipating a bad time but my wife was thrilled because she loves Russia — that 's why my daughter is called Katya , ’ says Mr Faith . |