Example sentences of "having a [adj] old time " in BNC.

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1 So er I was having a rare old time .
2 Its looking good for both Swindon and Oxford , but down in the third division Hereford are having a tough old time … they 're just four points and four places off the bottom of the table … on Saturday they missed out at Lincoln … they lost two-nil
3 In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here .
4 We arrived at the ski chalet just about dusk one Sunday evening and the scene was indeed a happy one , with scores of city folk having a gay old time , well wrapped in woollen jumpers and cardigans , and equipped with the necessary skis and poles .
5 Y-you … ’ she spluttered , and , loving him , found it absolutely beyond belief that he should believe that she and his cousin had just been having a fine old time .
6 It occurs in Henry IV , Part I. Falstaff and the Prince are having a high old time by pretending in turn to be the King chastising Hal for his association with Falstaff .
7 Apart from the fact that there was trouble with one of the other directors — apparently Jefferson was having a high old time with his wife and , to add insult to injury , charging the hotel rooms to expenses — you may recall that Downton lost two very valuable contracts with players in tennis and golf .
8 As for the rest , they were on their chairs whooping and dancing and having a high old time , which is what , I think , was intended .
9 Far from spending long hours on the tiles hunting , scavenging and generally having a high old time with their pals , as tradition and practice dictate , they should be indoors tucked up .
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