Example sentences of "a [adj] old time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Low-pressure pubs for a high old time Daedalus . |
| 2 | I also recall that some cricket grounds displayed notices curtly stressing : ‘ No Autographs ’ and over-zealous groundstaff and sometimes local police had a high old time trying to keep the hunters away from the hunted . |
| 3 | FT-SE has a high old time |
| 4 | CORONATION STREET star Bill Roache has a high old time with two big fans . |
| 5 | It occurs in Henry IV , Part I. Falstaff and the Prince are having a high old time by pretending in turn to be the King chastising Hal for his association with Falstaff . |
| 6 | Apart from the fact that there was trouble with one of the other directors — apparently Jefferson was having a high old time with his wife and , to add insult to injury , charging the hotel rooms to expenses — you may recall that Downton lost two very valuable contracts with players in tennis and golf . |
| 7 | Dear me , a high old time of it we all had when Cormac was at Tara . |
| 8 | As for the rest , they were on their chairs whooping and dancing and having a high old time , which is what , I think , was intended . |
| 9 | If the blasting of Bristol City is anything to go by the United fans are in for a high old time … a dazzling display from Chris Allen … two penalties from Jimmy Magilton … and first for Alex Dyer was just the sort of start that manager 's dream about … |
| 10 | If the blasting of Bristol City is anything to go by the United fans are in for a high old time … a dazzling display from Chris Allen … two penalties from Jimmy Magilton … and first for Alex Dyer was just the sort of start that manager 's dream about … |
| 11 | Far from spending long hours on the tiles hunting , scavenging and generally having a high old time with their pals , as tradition and practice dictate , they should be indoors tucked up . |
| 12 | Sarah Miles has a fine old time as the wife , alternating that disconcertingly seraphic smile with lots of mad laughter and howls of outrage , while Greg Hicks suggests a bitter soul in torment as Harry , all cold sarcasm and inner pain . |
| 13 | Had a fine old time . |
| 14 | Y-you … ’ she spluttered , and , loving him , found it absolutely beyond belief that he should believe that she and his cousin had just been having a fine old time . |
| 15 | a fine old time wo n't they ? |
| 16 | One of these days Sam is going to come up against a good old time proper door . |
| 17 | We arrived at the ski chalet just about dusk one Sunday evening and the scene was indeed a happy one , with scores of city folk having a gay old time , well wrapped in woollen jumpers and cardigans , and equipped with the necessary skis and poles . |
| 18 | Coins are chucked , shoe-shined toes are tapped , we have a gay old time . |
| 19 | They had a gay old time while it lasted , healthy too , chanting , regular hours , then brew liqueurs benedictine , green chartreuse . |
| 20 | Its looking good for both Swindon and Oxford , but down in the third division Hereford are having a tough old time … they 're just four points and four places off the bottom of the table … on Saturday they missed out at Lincoln … they lost two-nil |
| 21 | I walked fast — my feet stood up to it very well , I 'd been sensible and worn my trainers not my nice stiletto wobblers , but it still took me a fair old time to get to somewhere possible . |
| 22 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 23 | Well thank you Peter , yes I 've got the man of the moment with me — Andy Melville , absolutely delighted erm oh , it was a frustrating old time was n't it , what an important goal . |
| 24 | So er I was having a rare old time . |