Example sentences of "and [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the meantime you 'd notified the police of Connie Fraser 's disappearance , and given a nice time check , all verified by the hospital staff . ’ |
| 2 | So he has a drink , talks to the barman , starts dancing and has a good time all at the ‘ club ’ . |
| 3 | A small generator can be used primarily to stop a battery discharging and it will only be able to recharge a battery if it is small and has a long time in which to do it . |
| 4 | Slacker , a term denoting a Twentysomething who wants no responsibility and loves a good time , was a major US cult hit last year for director Richard Linklater — and deservedly so . |
| 5 | But if they nevertheless persist in making that perambulation in the manner aforesaid , we must endure it for the present , and await an opportune time to amend it . |
| 6 | Indulging in litigation may mean that you have to expend substantial sums of money and wait a long time before achieving victory ; to lose could prove very costly . |
| 7 | Is he aware that even when people are examined , are found to have cataracts and wait a long time for the operation , some of them — such as a 91-year-old constituent of mine — are told that Royal Oldham hospital , which has been granted trust status , does not have the money to provide the necessary medicines and has money to help only the elderly ? |
| 8 | But this , as he would say , is a long story , and happened a long time ago . |
| 9 | Wild rice has a very nutty flavour and takes a long time to cook . |
| 10 | But that 's the hard way and takes a long time . |
| 11 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 12 | They started in the Fabric Hall , and spent a long time fingering various swathes of cloth . |
| 13 | And so Willi was squeezing himself into his best suit , the one he wore for daytime ceremonial occasions , and had spattered himself lavishly with aftershave cologne , and spent a long time arranging the frill of curls round his bald crown . |
| 14 | The 19-year-old Boat Club starlet was struck down by glandular fever last summer , and spent a frustrating time on the sidelines . |
| 15 | He graduated in 1940 and spent a short time at Pennsylvania State University before returning to UCLA to do his PhD . |
| 16 | He has therefore used local newspaper cuttings as well photographs and spent a considerable time talking to some of the senior members of the club to produce the book . |
| 17 | All might go well and you might simply relive and re-experience a happy time in your life . |
| 18 | They have done a little bit of redecorating , such as in the hallway where they put up a pretty floral paper with a wide matching border at dado level , and hung an original time recorder clock , made in Leeds and bought from an antique shop in Leigh-on-Sea . |
| 19 | A festive atmosphere encourages children to join in and have a good time , and decoration of the room or home can be helpful . |
| 20 | Most of the 16-year-olds say their fathers have more or less told them to ‘ go out and have a good time ’ . |
| 21 | Our fans want to jump about and have a good time , which is what we want to do . ’ |
| 22 | Our fans want to jump about and have a good time , which is what we want to do . ’ |
| 23 | Paul says you do n't have to have any ability at all because all the guides are highly trained … the groups that go rafting can turn up and have a good time … everybody enjoys themselves … |
| 24 | The more entrenched feeding problems can be very difficult to treat and take a long time to show improvement . |
| 25 | Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up . |
| 26 | He is absent yet meticulous , paying for a missing drink-shop teaspoon which has nothing to do with him , and spending a long time in the ‘ interesting occupation ’ of trying to catch a fly . |
| 27 | He is up there and having a great time . |
| 28 | ‘ One minute , ’ said Elinor , who seemed to have cheered up considerably , ‘ there he was laughing and joking and having a good time . |
| 29 | After a time I settled down into a routine of work , sleep and having a good time — and not necessarily in that order . |
| 30 | I do carry a few prizes if I have requests but I prefer to have people involved and enjoying games for the fun of joining in and having a good time , rather than to win a reward . |