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Example sentences of "[vb mod] have a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1	A recollection of John Davies , the minister for Europe in Heath 's cabinet , indicated the mood , ‘ We were at home in Cheshire , and I said to my wife and children that we should have a nice time , because I deeply believed then that it was the last Christmas of its kind that we would enjoy . ’ ,
2	The locals , in theory , should have a better time of it , the grapevine telling them where the ice is best .
3	A person must have a reasonable time to prepare his case .
4	Betty and Joanne must have a hard time managing . ’
5	If your attitude to me is anything to go by , Petula must have a thin time of it . ’
6	‘ The Ukrainians do n't really know much about Britain , but I 'm going to serve champagne and two kinds of caviar so I expect we 'll have a good time , ’ Gladstone told me over a crackling telephone line shortly before the party began .
7	Me brother and the two bairns are coming the morrow and we 'll have a good time .
8	No you 'll have a good time , seriously , it sounds like I 'm putting you off , I do n't mean to , it 's not
9	If you do n't hold the wire on the floor , the tape will wrap itself round it and you 'll have a terrible time trying to disentangle the resulting blob of sticky goo . )
10	Many resorts claim you 'll have a fabulous time there , but I 've found one that really lives up to its promises .
11	If they suss out that you 're a fanatical prospector they 'll have a great time winding you up and sending you off on a series of wild goose chases .
12	You 're a workaholic ; you 'll have a brilliant time .
13	You 'll have a brilliant time though .
14	You 'll have a brilliant time , it 's such a laugh but you ca n't drink , that 's the only thing , you ca n't drink inside , they do n't sell alcohol unless you 've got I D and there 's about four people there that are actually eighteen anyway .
15	’ You 'll have a busy time ahead of you now .
16	I think we 'll have a tough time for two or three years , but we 'll stick with it because it 's a good business and it 's our kind of business .
17	If I end up in bed with Rory I 'll have a lovely time and then I 'll quit .
18	But I think we might have a little time to ourselves now , and be d — d to anyone who says we have n't both earned it !
19	Some officials have spoken of getting NATO to spread its wings , though they might have a hard time persuading the Canadians and Europeans of that .
20	This means Zeneca might have a hard time charging much more than Merck 's price for its drug , even if Merrem is better .
21	Ronny replaces Swindon-striker Fjortoft for the game tonight — Ronny must have done well in the training sessions ( coach Olsen really put some value on how the players perform in training before the games ) and Fjortoft which has been even worse for Swindon than Deano for us might have a hard time to get the attacker place back ( Fjortoft 0 — Deano 3 — Cole 10 is n't it ? ) .
22	Never know , you might have a full time job by then .
23	You could have a lovely time bouncing up and down in the pulpit , screaming hell fire . ’
24	COMEDY-thrillers could have a hard time without small black books that disappear containing the clue to mysterious fortunes .
25	We 'd have a good time . "
26	They 'd have a hard time proving that , I think , if they were interested in proof ; which I 'm not sure they are .
27	‘ I thought she 'd have a rougher time than she did , unlike some team members who were like bulls at a gate .
28	Similarly , an only child may have a tough time leaving home without the support of brothers and sisters .
29	But the Chancellor may have a hard time explaining why the pound has to shadow the Deutschmark .
30	While it is true that the speculation is an essential part of science , and true that new ideas may have a hard time gaining acceptance , it does not follow that untested science belongs in court .