Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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31 She 's grown , she 's changed , she 's had a brilliant time , but her best is yet to come .
32 White face , dark circles and short temper — she 's had a brilliant time !
33 Addison , well er , it 's a very well managed business , it 's a very good business er , there are only two businesses in the U S A have higher sales per head than Addison Wesley , and one of those is and it 's had a , that 's had a super time in maths and there 's only one business and that 's which earns more profit per employee then er , Addison Wesley and erm , again that 's and that reflects that one off maths programme .
34 Erm but she 's had a nice time .
35 She 's had a terrible time
36 I know he 's had a long time out with injury but he must be all right now or he would n't be playing . ’
37 He 's had a thin time .
38 David 's been a really good friend to me , and he 's had a tough time because of it .
39 ‘ We do n't always see eye to eye , ’ Marler reflected , blowing smoke circles , ‘ Newman and I. But he 's had a tough time , I 'll give him that . ’
40 BRIAN HALL : ‘ At that particular moment in time we have a manager that has got himself into the semi-final of the FA Cup , he 's got the opportunity of reaching Wembley , he 's had a difficult time in the League , it 's been a traumatic season okay , then he 's told he needs triple by-pass surgery at the age of 39 .
41 She 's had a bad time and no mistake . ’
42 She 's had a bad time , so the buzz has it .
43 He 's had a bad time lately as Madame Verveine has had to go into the nursing-home again .
44 Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time .
45 ‘ He 's had a hard time , has Prentice .
46 ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied .
47 ‘ I had no idea that Mary was on that tack ; she 's a nice girl and she 's had a hard time what with that husband of has and now her father almost bedridden with arthritis . ’
48 She 's a fine girl , Seb , and she 's had a hard time .
49 She 's had a distressing time .
50 Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over .
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