Example sentences of "i [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ If you must know , I had a rotten time last night , ’ she said sulkily . |
| 32 | To end on a happier note , I had a marvellous time in the robot business . |
| 33 | ‘ I had a frightful time with him . |
| 34 | I 've got to say that I did enjoy this outing ; although the day began with a freezing start it warmed up later and I had a pleasant time working amongst the iron and other junk that abounds on the riverside . |
| 35 | If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it . |
| 36 | I had a terrible time last Friday — your paper sent me proofs to correct the same day so I had to struggle up with them . |
| 37 | One of those days was last Friday , when I had a terrible time going to lunch with Herman to meet Ivy . |
| 38 | If he turns up for court and he says , yes I had a terrible time at the police station and there were all sorts of breaches of but I am now here on a , I 'm gon na tell the truth , that 's no problem . |
| 39 | I had a good time ! |
| 40 | I will always maintain that I had a good time in service , and from what I heard there were n't many bad places in the Teesdale area — just the odd one here and there . |
| 41 | Gail said : ‘ I would love to do it again — I had a good time and met lots of interesting people including great athletes such as Britain 's Colin Jackson . |
| 42 | ‘ Oh eh kid , I had a smashing time last night . |
| 43 | I had a lovely time . ’ |
| 44 | I had a relaxed time . |
| 45 | TIMOTHY and I had a wonderful time in Lourdes and I feel so much comfort from it . |
| 46 | A neighbour suggested I go along with her to the local WI and , despite my reservations , I had a wonderful time . |
| 47 | I had a WONDERFUL time and can only say that Malcolm and I are looking forward very much to many happy journeys in her at home and abroad in the future . |
| 48 | ‘ I had a wonderful time in September ’ , said Christy , ‘ and meeting up with my fellow British soldiers again as well as the Germans was very emotional ’ . |
| 49 | And , since I could not admit that I often found Nonni both difficult and boring , I had a hard time with myself . |
| 50 | ‘ I had a hard time getting through Ulysses , ’ I responded as lightly as I could . |
| 51 | So , though I had a bad time , well I had a , I 've had a great life since ! |
| 52 | I had a bad time at the hands of male journalists during Julian 's trial and in the period leading up to it : some residual paranoia sticks . |
| 53 | If somebody was interviewed by him and had a bad time , I can tell you I had a bad time , well to me it was a bad time , when I with him and he saw he spoke with me . |
| 54 | I had a difficult time at one airport on a visit during the 1987 election . |
| 55 | Glennis O'Connor , a secretary in London 's East End , whose son Conrad is now 14 months , says , ‘ I had a horrible time trying to breastfeed — I had one nipple that was so sore it felt like hot pepper was being rubbed into it each time I fed Conrad . |
| 56 | Oh yeah , I mean I had a horrible time with him for some time and it just , just |
| 57 | ‘ You must go , ’ she said , ‘ I had an awful time persuading him to see you . |
| 58 | ‘ At the same time , there was one other bit of me that was very practical that realized that the only money to be made if you were to stay in England — and I never thought of going anywhere else — was to get into commercials , and I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny . |
| 59 | I queued a long time for that loaf . |
| 60 | Like asparagus , I take a long time to grow and am easily killed off . ’ |