Example sentences of "have [art] [adj] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mister Anderson has a tough time ahead of him . |
| 2 | She 'd a hundred times rather change last night 's husband on a daily basis , be reviled as a witch in the parliament of women , she 'd like to have dead babies in succession — she winced at this , ‘ Please , no ’ — but pressed on rather than be that nothing , that unbeing , that sump of ribaldry and pity and contempt , the woman-who-had-never-had-a man , the zitella , the old maid . |
| 3 | Jessica probably knew ten times more about these things than she did , she 'd had a million times more experience , at any rate . |
| 4 | So have you had a good time then ? |
| 5 | Yeah , so you 've had a good time then ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Lloyd 's has had a difficult time recently but it remains vital if London is to retain its pre-eminent position in the world insurance market . ’ |
| 8 | He 's had a bad time lately as Madame Verveine has had to go into the nursing-home again . |
| 9 | You 'll have a brilliant time though . |
| 10 | — Did you have a good time tonight then ? — Yes . |
| 11 | 3 ) Sex : Amateur sexologists will have a good time too . |
| 12 | So you 're gon na have a nice time here then ? |
| 13 | Many resorts claim you 'll have a fabulous time there , but I 've found one that really lives up to its promises . |
| 14 | ’ You 'll have a busy time ahead of you now . |
| 15 | ‘ You know , St. David , that Welsh rugby has been having a terrible time lately . |
| 16 | Judging by the number of messages , everyone on the new list is having a great time already ! |
| 17 | I 'm having a great time here . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | We 're supposed to be having a good time today ! ’ |
| 20 | I mean , I look at John Lee Hooker , he 's still smiling , he 's having a good time just doing it . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And in The Pope and the Witch , the comedy is so puerile and shambolic that there 's never any risk of having a good time anyway . |
| 23 | Henry liked his company because it was convivial ; the staying in bed disconcerted him partly because they went on having a good time together however energetically Finch adopted inertia . |
| 24 | He 's taking her out for meals and they 're having a good time together you know . |
| 25 | Yes , well there is another man and she 's told Paul frankly she 's lapping up the attention , he 's taking her out for meals and their having a good time together you know , why its great , but as soon as he 's paid for , for the goods and got , got the goods , the chaps going to go off looking for another . |
| 26 | Your birthday tea ready but you were having a better time somewhere else ! |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | ( 7° ) I 'm writing to say I 'm having a marvellous time here The gestural usage must be glossed a little differently , as " the pragmatically given space , proximal to speaker 's location at CT , that includes the point or location gesturally indicated " . |
| 29 | Pupils at Kensington infants ' school are having a marvellous time just mucking about . |
| 30 | Poor thing , she must be having a rotten time just now . |