Example sentences of "are [v-ing] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I go out I switch on the video and know my cats are having a good time looking at visions of snakes , hippos , mice , rabbits — oh , just about everything . |
| 2 | ‘ When people are by themselves they always think other people are having a good time , ’ explained Tim . |
| 3 | The noise level in the room is evidence that the children are having a good time but they do n't like being asked silly questions . |
| 4 | But the jamboree could well turn into one of those parties where half the guests fail to turn up , and everyone else tries terribly hard to pretend that they are having a marvellous time . |
| 5 | Pupils at Kensington infants ' school are having a marvellous time just mucking about . |
| 6 | Nobody is pretending that we are having a great time , but it is important to recognise the factors which have affected us in what is a transitional period for the club . |
| 7 | Chapman 's message to Huddersfield 's supporters was full of his customary cheery confidence : ‘ The team are having a fine time . |
| 8 | Oxford have Aston Villa at the Manor on Wednesday … it 's all ticket … and tomorrow is your last chance to get one … the box office is open all day … do n't miss it … next for us is the third division where Hereford are having a hard time |
| 9 | ‘ Forest are having a bad time — they 've lost six matches without winning . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I feel almost guilty that so many good things are happening to us , when such a lot of people are having a bad time , ’ Sarah said . |
| 11 | The problem seems to be that many women are having a tough time making their mark higher up the career ladder . |
| 12 | Though the money is being spent , local vendors are having a tough time coping with the increasingly erratic nature of demand and worsening financial instability . |
| 13 | With these two products firmly established as the market leaders other products are having a tough time breaking through . |
| 14 | The story focusses on Mario and Pedro , two kids who are having a tough time scraping together enough money to live on . |
| 15 | The story focusses on Mario and Pedro , two kids who are having a tough time scraping together enough money to live on . |
| 16 | Ma and Father shake hands with everyone and look as if they are having a wonderful time . |
| 17 | Since all the speculators , mainly companies , have left the market and real collectors are waiting to buy until the market bottoms out , galleries in the Ginza are having a difficult time selling any painting which costs more than $80,000 . |
| 18 | I mean we are doing a certain times table |
| 19 | Unless you are spending a long time somewhere I suggest you simply turn up at a crag and scrounge a look at someone else 's . |
| 20 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 21 | So I think we are actually obliged , and it 's right that people should be consulted , but there is a point about it that it takes an awful long time and that is actually the reason why we 've got er a whole programme of urban safety management schemes that er are taking a long time to develop , it 's almost two years now , and the main reason for that is toing and froing with different designs with members of the public and the worst thing we could do is actually put in a package of schemes which people say , well that 's not what we wanted anyway . |
| 22 | Those hyacinths in the cauldron are taking a long time to come out are n't they ? |
| 23 | Those hyacinths in the corner are taking a long time to come out , are n't they ? |
| 24 | Students will pay only 20% of the Community Charge providing they are undertaking a full time course of higher education . |
| 25 | Such a phenomenon may be explained in various ways , but one factor of acknowledged importance is certainly the rapidity of economic and social change , which tends to separate more sharply the experience , expectations and outlook of older and younger generations , as Mead ( 1970 ) argued in a study in which she likened the ‘ dissident young ’ to pioneers who are exploring a new time rather than a new country . |