Example sentences of "he had a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He had a fantastic time . |
2 | Mass , the most accomplished veteran of Sportscar racing , was just passing the pits entrance when the slight drizzle turned into a downpour : he had a torrid time out there on Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez , spending almost 3 minutes slithering around to the pits . |
3 | He had a good time , said he really enjoyed it and would like to go again , and I had all the washing done for me — he did n't bring anything home dirty except the previous day 's clothes . |
4 | And he had a good time with the assembled newshounds , especially when one got him off and running with a question about how he felt about winning a national championship . |
5 | Well the Bill was , who was the manager in those days was very much the manager , and there was one of the directors used to play for the Villa , and he used to more or less look after the playing side which the rest of the directors never seemed to interfere with , they , they left the management up to the manager the selection of the team , Bill and the trainer when they were in the second division was Arthur who 's manager of Derby County now , he had the , I believe he had a sad time when he was at Walsall he , he lost his wife in a car accident and |
6 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
7 | There was one by the newsstand sometimes , scraping at a violin , but he had a tough time competing with the unofficial buskers who had loud guitars and stronger voices . |
8 | He had a fine time on the subcontinent , taking a total of 175 wickets over the two visits . |
9 | He had a difficult time , having largely to rebuild the fleet in a period when every shipyard had an order book as long as your arm . |
10 | Sue Owen , director of nursing , said : ‘ He had a short time away with his consultant 's permission . |
11 | He had a lean time , claiming only two wickets altogether in Brisbane and the two Sydney Tests . |
12 | Council clerk Audrey Twyman said : ‘ He had a lovely time , doing everything but what we wanted him to do . |
13 | He had a happy time in the town . |
14 | Grayling found that he had a hard time getting people to take him seriously . |