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 ‘ The children have had a great time .
9 WW has had a difficult time , suffering heavy losses on its glass side , but profits could be achieved this year .
10 Those organizations , most notably the Countryside Commission , which have earnestly attempted to reconcile the viewpoints of farmers and environmentalists have had a hard time .
11 ‘ Certainly , all the people who I 've let loose on my kites have had a great time . ’
12 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 .
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