Example sentences of "[vb infin] have a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sort of crazy person would choose to have a hard time ? |
| 2 | The boy must have had a terrible time at school . |
| 3 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
| 4 | A Titford family photograph taken in the early 1890s shows husband and wife with five daughters and young Marwood , the girls in neat smocks or severe black dresses , the son in an Eton collar , and every one of the group looking his or her most miserable Sunday best Those photographers who made a speciality of enticing young ladies to say ‘ prunes ’ and ‘ prisms ’ to bring out their charming dimples , called ‘ watch the birdie ! ’ with much gusto or tried ‘ cheese ! ’ in the hope of a smile would have had a rough time indeed with severe-looking Benjamin James and his wife and children . |
| 5 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’ |
| 7 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
| 8 | Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it ! |
| 9 | When I was a boy — just 30 years ago — a store like this would have had a hard time surviving in this small mid-Western Canadian city . |
| 10 | Anyone who survived with Lennie must have had a tough time . |
| 11 | He could have worked things out the same way I had , and he 'd have had a hellish time believing it all of his own son . |
| 12 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |