Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] had a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
2 | The boy must have had a terrible time at school . |
3 | Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it ! |
4 | Anyone who survived with Lennie must have had a tough time . |
5 | If she had been married to Francis , Mary might have had a harder time for he was a consummate bed player . |
6 | Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! " |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’ |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
13 | If Peggy herself had had one tenth of such devotion from her father she would have had a happier time as a child . |