Example sentences of "be [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each defendant and his witness are given a limited time — say fifteen minutes altogether — in the box . |
| 2 | There is no length to a discussion , unlike a talk where speakers are given a specific time for delivery . |
| 3 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 4 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 5 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 7 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 8 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 9 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 10 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
| 11 | No , no , they 're not complaining because they 're getting an easy time , er , I mean , I 've got a couple like that as well . |
| 12 | Mind you I ca n't talk , I looked in the mirror a couple of weeks ago and my eyes are , I mean are really they 're having a rough time indeed |
| 13 | ‘ You 're having a marvellous time out there . |
| 14 | ‘ Not too far when you 're having a good time . |
| 15 | In America , as long as you 're having a good time right now , it 's valid ; if in the next century it 's all forgotten , then that 's okay too . |
| 16 | We 're having a good time . |
| 17 | He says they 're having a good time . |
| 18 | He 's taking her out for meals and they 're having a good time together you know . |
| 19 | I mean , , but I 'd really , seriously wished I had said to the waiter , but obviously we 're having a good time . |
| 20 | ‘ Enduring ’ means nothing if you 're having a rotten time now , so you guys love Shakespeare and in the meantime I ca n't get a good hot cup of coffee in this country . |
| 21 | This contrived notion of a rock'n'roll band touring around — we 're doing all that shit and we 're having a great time too . |
| 22 | You 're having a great time . |
| 23 | It is embarrassing being young and wanting to be more liberated than you are , yet not being , and pretending to be more liberated than you are , or that you 're having a racier time . |
| 24 | you 're having a bad time , use them . |
| 25 | It 's a funny thing though , because mother 's and daughter 's , and er , I love , when my mum comes up she 's a dreadful sleeper and if you 're having a bad time , you get up in the middle of the night to go and make a cup of tea , there 's always a little voice says , yes , let's have a cup of tea dear . |
| 26 | She figures they 're having a hard time positioning the thing and do n't want to mess up the good thing they have going with Windows . |
| 27 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |
| 28 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 29 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 30 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |