Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a terrible time " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 One of those days was last Friday , when I had a terrible time going to lunch with Herman to meet Ivy .
3 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 .
4 I know you had a terrible time and the last thing I meant to do was to upset you .
5 We had a terrible time administering the company , which we had bought very cheaply and which was in disarray .
6 We had a terrible time when my husband was made redundant five years ago .
7 ‘ I 'm not sure if it was ‘ The Reign of Terror ’ story about the French Revolution , or one of the other ones , but we had a terrible time getting Bill to pronounce the word brazier , meaning a rack for burning coals .
8 And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear .
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