Example sentences of "had a [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
2 | After all , they have had a long time to become used to them . |
3 | ‘ He has had a sad time looking for work in London and intends to go back to the North-East with his parents as soon as possible , ’ said David Martin , defending . |
4 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
5 | With these objects , in their millennium of power , the Celts seem to have had a splendid time scraping and whipping Europe into shape . |
6 | for referral to the Parliamentary Commissioner or a Local Councillor for referral to the Local Commissioner , although it must be remembered that the Local Commissioner can only investigate after a complaint has been brought to the attention of the authority complained against and they have had a reasonable time to reply . |
7 | Even Disney , the most successful studio of the late 1980s , has had a tough time launching Hollywood Pictures , the baby sister of its Touchstone studio . |
8 | He could have worked things out the same way I had , and he 'd have had a hellish time believing it all of his own son . |
9 | Ian and Barbara meet — the latter having had a difficult time avoiding Nero 's amorous advances — and with the help of Tavius ( who is a Christian ) , they manage to escape from the city . |
10 | ‘ I have had a wonderful time trying to select flowers that will complement each of you . |
11 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |
12 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
13 | When I was a boy — just 30 years ago — a store like this would have had a hard time surviving in this small mid-Western Canadian city . |