Example sentences of "[noun] have had a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manager Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ Payton has had a torrid time . |
| 2 | Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener 's cat and later with the gardener . |
| 3 | The rest of the Peachtree side have had a mixed time . |
| 4 | The former Charlton youngster has had a harrowing time at Wednesday since his £250,000 move in January last year — but is aiming to finally win over the Hillsborough boo-boys . |
| 5 | Strawberry had had a bad time . |
| 6 | Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time . |
| 7 | Bowater has had a miserable time since joining the Footsie last week , the share price falling a good 10 p.c . |
| 8 | Do you not agree that you writers have had an easier time of it than we in the West , in a closed society where your cultural values are protected , albeit at a price ? |
| 9 | ‘ The children have had a great time . |
| 10 | WW has had a difficult time , suffering heavy losses on its glass side , but profits could be achieved this year . |
| 11 | Those organizations , most notably the Countryside Commission , which have earnestly attempted to reconcile the viewpoints of farmers and environmentalists have had a hard time . |
| 12 | ‘ Certainly , all the people who I 've let loose on my kites have had a great time . ’ |
| 13 | The professor said : ‘ Judith has had a worse time than David because all of this is not of her making . |
| 14 | In the middle ages Margaret had had a wonderful time ; women had understood then that it was not to other mothers that you turn in childbirth , it is to those women who have lived it , who have been down between the dragon 's teeth , have travelled the dragons ' pathways and have lurked in the dark and boiling belly of pain , have been chewed and digested and emerged . |