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 | To some extent , but one of the problems is that women of an earlier generation have had to claw their way through the art world in order that a younger generation of women artists today — a generation which is almost gender blind — should have an easier time . |
| 4 | A person must have a reasonable time to prepare his case . |
| 5 | Betty and Joanne must have a hard time managing . ’ |
| 6 | If your attitude to me is anything to go by , Petula must have a thin time of it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Me brother and the two bairns are coming the morrow and we 'll have a good time . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 . ) |
| 11 | Many resorts claim you 'll have a fabulous time there , but I 've found one that really lives up to its promises . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You 're a workaholic ; you 'll have a brilliant time . |
| 14 | You 'll have a brilliant time though . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ’ You 'll have a busy time ahead of you now . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If I end up in bed with Rory I 'll have a lovely time and then I 'll quit . |
| 19 | 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 ! |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | This means Zeneca might have a hard time charging much more than Merck 's price for its drug , even if Merrem is better . |
| 22 | 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 ? ) . |
| 23 | Never know , you might have a full time job by then . |
| 24 | Yes , he might have an amusing time with the two women , he thought suddenly , in the nicest possible way . |
| 25 | You could have a lovely time bouncing up and down in the pulpit , screaming hell fire . ’ |
| 26 | COMEDY-thrillers could have a hard time without small black books that disappear containing the clue to mysterious fortunes . |
| 27 | We 'd have a good time . " |
| 28 | They 'd have a hard time proving that , I think , if they were interested in proof ; which I 'm not sure they are . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought she 'd have a rougher time than she did , unlike some team members who were like bulls at a gate . |
| 30 | Similarly , an only child may have a tough time leaving home without the support of brothers and sisters . |