Example sentences of "he [vb past] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | He had a lean time , claiming only two wickets altogether in Brisbane and the two Sydney Tests . |
| 32 | Council clerk Audrey Twyman said : ‘ He had a lovely time , doing everything but what we wanted him to do . |
| 33 | He had a happy time in the town . |
| 34 | Grayling found that he had a hard time getting people to take him seriously . |
| 35 | It came in India in 1974–5 when he began with 93 and 107 ; this proved to be something of a false dawn and he had an unhappy time in Australia in 1975–6 , but he worked on his technique and finally established himself in England in 1976 with 592 runs at 65 , including a century in each innings on a poor Old Trafford pitch . |
| 36 | You know he sounded a long time when he was saying it . |
| 37 | He waited a long time , and when the young doctor finally came out , it was almost dark . |
| 38 | He waited a long time for her response . |
| 39 | The world champion elect , seeking his first victory in Australia in his final Formula One race before switching to Indycar racing in the United States next year , dominated the session as he clocked a best time of one minute 13.732 seconds on the 3.78km track in his Williams Renault car . |