Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | They 'd had a good time . |
| 32 | They 'd had a good time , it had given him a good holiday , her too . |
| 33 | She 'd had a wondrous time with another man , a time that filled her with remembered textures and sensations , that would have left her smiling now if Parr had not become so damned intrusive . |
| 34 | On and on she heard herself ranting ( could it be that she heard echoes of her own past self , the speaking , ranting , resurrected ghost of that ephemeral figure Liz Lintot ? ) and heard his vague , evasive grunts and answers : yes , he said , he and Henrietta would marry as soon as possible , Henrietta wanted to go to New York with him , she 'd had a thin time herself lately , he needed her in New York , Henrietta had n't been well , needed to settle … and as Liz spoke and listened she was aware of a simultaneous conviction that this was the most shocking , the most painful hour of her entire life , and also that it was profoundly dull , profoundly trivial , profoundly irrelevant , a mere routine , devoid of truth , devoid of meaning : nothing . |
| 35 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 36 | Besides , he 'd learned a long time before that you can love a person without loving what they do . |
| 37 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 38 | He 'd realized a long time ago that he 'd married a woman who cuddled complete strangers in the street and probably had a season ticket for West Ham in her handbag . |
| 39 | We were surprised at the continuing estimates of fixed costs , as we would have expected a minimal time investment after the first year of familiarisation , but given that training was identified as the major cost , it may be that this forms the bulk of the continuing cost . |
| 40 | Over 900 of them said : ‘ It should have come a long time ago — very few people have done more for charity , public service and their Party than you have ’ . |
| 41 | Is not the Minister deeply ashamed that he intends to carry on with that cruel and stupid tax instead of scrapping it , as he should have done a long time ago ? |
| 42 | We may have met a long time ago at Rotherfield when I was on a weekend outing from school , but I would n't expect you to remember — it was at least 10 years ago and I ca n't imagine I was a memorable schoolgirl ! |
| 43 | After the night Quigley had kicked my head in , I had finally seen something I should have seen a long time ago . |
| 44 | But now I have , and I see what I should have seen a long time ago , the selfish , arrogant , unscrupulous fixer who has been quietly feathering his nest in London for the past ten years at our expense after turning his back on us as though we were n't good enough for him , who could n't even be bothered to come home during this ordeal but just flew over on a weekend return when the mood took him , when he had nothing better to do , like the tourist he is ! |
| 45 | Act returned , having done a good time , but not quite good enough , and he knew it . |
| 46 | Ian and Barbara meet — the latter having had a difficult time avoiding Nero 's amorous advances — and with the help of Tavius ( who is a Christian ) , they manage to escape from the city . |
| 47 | The boy must have had a terrible time at school . |
| 48 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’ |
| 52 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
| 53 | Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it ! |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | Anyone who survived with Lennie must have had a tough time . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | Having spent a fabulous time with the Easterhouse Women 's Group at the Wellhouse Community Centre , I have been encouraged to continue working on the issues central to my creativity , women , race and class — a wonderfully exciting picture to paint for our futures . |
| 58 | Simon Pepper of the WWF said : ‘ We have had to recognise that having spent a considerable time on this project and having devoted considerable resources by our organisations , it has not been possible to secure the overall package which we considered necessary for going ahead . |
| 59 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 60 | It must have taken a long time . |