Example sentences of "whale of [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been on the floor for nearly every dance , and was having a whale of a time . |
| 2 | I should think they and the audience had a whale of a time or , in the rather more sober words of the two authors , ‘ the use of drama as a vehicle for science at the primary level has exciting possibilities that warrant further exploration . ’ |
| 3 | CAPRICORN — VERY few Capricorns have had a whale of a time in the past few years . |
| 4 | It bounces along wonderfully , with Caine obviously having a whale of a time , and is ideal kiddies ' Christmas fare . |
| 5 | Have a whale of a time in San Diego |
| 6 | But by then various other children were misbehaving too , so I sent them out , and suddenly I realized that half of my class was outside the door having a whale of a time ! |
| 7 | Superconductor are wonderfully stupid and noisy , everybody playing a different tune and having a whale of a time whilst the singer gargles disinfectant . |
| 8 | We all had a whale of a time , drifting on the surface and drowning in the depths with the four fishermen . |
| 9 | Pappy and she , on the other hand , had had a whale of a time . |
| 10 | Media people , people from the advertising company Andy has just left , a few politicians — mostly Tory or Social Democrats though there are a couple of Labour guys — bankers , lawyers , business advisers , investment experts , actors , TV people — at least one film crew , though their lights are switched off for now — various other city types , a scattering of people who are , well , just professionally famous , and the remainder seemingly either part of some enormous floating meta-party or hired from some agency to impersonate people having a whale of a time : Rent-a-Hoot or something similar . |
| 11 | He enjoyed the party , danced , drank and generally had a whale of a time . |
| 12 | Me friend over in Norway , she said she 's she got over there and sat down and she thought , yes , she 's got the Complete Works of Shakespeare , I 'll have a whale of a time trying to read it , she picks up the book , it 's all in Norwegian . |
| 13 | We thought that was the last we 'd see of him … but Ian reappeared as we lost height … and he was clearly having a whale of a time … |
| 14 | They know their stuff inside out , but most importantly they also look like they are having a whale of a time . |
| 15 | And mummy will have a whale of a time . |
| 16 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |
| 17 | Oh they 've heard from Gav well she phoned Gavin yesterday apparently and he seems to be having a whale of a time . |