Example sentences of "what a [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as I stoode myself alloone upon the Nuwe Yeare night , I prayed unto the frosty moone , with her pale light — what a dull time we should have if we tried to read our way through The Fall of Princes ? |
| 2 | And what a long time it took for a tradesman to recover what he was owed ! |
| 3 | So what a long time it is since you came , I 've tossed it in the drawer . |
| 4 | ‘ I phoned him and said , ‘ I 've been telling everyone what a great time you had , I feel tricked , betrayed , like an idiot . ’ |
| 5 | You come all the way to see our fine city with its many points of historical and civic interest , also many quaint customs , and you wake up dead in some back alley or as it might be floating down the Ankh , how are you going to tell all your friends what a great time you 're having ? |
| 6 | About what a good time it is now . |
| 7 | ‘ What a terrible time you must have had — having to fly all this way to the States , and then to see poor , darling Liz and Owen when they 're so terribly , terribly ill . |
| 8 | The cat gave a whimper , as much as to tell its mistress what a terrible time it had had . |
| 9 | ‘ But bearing in mind what a tough time they must have had they 're settling in remarkably well . |
| 10 | What a busy time it is when someone is ill ! |
| 11 | Celia felt that Dr Shalcross was probably thinking what a dismal time she must have had . |
| 12 | What a fun time we were going to have . |