Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is idle to speculate on the source of leaks — that I did learn in my years in Government — but what was certain was that the Telegraph story could not have appeared at a worse time . |
| 32 | In the countryside , life must have continued for a long time as it always had done . |
| 33 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |
| 34 | Her discovery in Paris could n't have happened at a worse time from that point of view , and she would just have to accept it . |
| 35 | I 'd have cried , I 'd have brooded for a long time . |
| 36 | He must have worked for a long time in the garage . |
| 37 | Of course , nationalism is not all simple illusion , for real material differences do exist and have existed for a long time between different countries . |
| 38 | Kenneth , last seen nineteen eighty two , lived in the Sleaford area , a retired senior nursing officer at Hospital Holbeach , er m may have married for a second time , Kenneth he 's got a son Ian Mark . |
| 39 | ( d ) The supplier must have failed within a reasonable time of the request , to comply with it or to identify the person who supplied him with the product ( s. 2(3) ( c ) ) . |