Example sentences of "be [v-ing] the time " in BNC.
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1 | Seven hundred children have been having the time of their lives at a special party . |
2 | The boat 's heating is not working , the crew 's sleeping bags are damp and several of them have been seasick , but the verdict is unanimous : they are having the time of their loves . |
3 | ‘ For your information , those ‘ poor little girls ’ of yours are having the time of their lives playing tag around our office . |
4 | I really am having the time of my life . |
5 | The member of staff on playground duty can be taking a policing role or can be using the time to motivate and interest children . |
6 | ‘ I 'm having the time of my life . ’ |
7 | Phyllis Bowman said at the weekend that the best the society could hope for would be reducing the time limit to 18 weeks . |
8 | After all , you have been telling the time for years , have n't you ? |
9 | Meanwhile , the president is filling the time with less provocative suggestions . |
10 | Ease of access to the garden , especially if you grow your own herbs , vegetables and fruit , is also important , as is minimising the time you spend answering the front and back doors . |
11 | it 's getting the time to do it . |
12 | ‘ If you ask me , she 's having the time of her life . |
13 | Barbel says the key to happiness is adapting to different situations and enjoying them equally … bomber pilot and society hostess , she 's having the time of her life . |
14 | And your old uncle is having the time of his life , and wishes he could write better letters . |
15 | Goram 's looking after number one Andy Goram is having the time of his life with Rangers and Scotland , but the road to the top has been strewn with pitfalls . |
16 | Here the problem is finding the time to get things done . ’ |
17 | The problem is finding the time to do everything I 'd like to do . |
18 | I do n't think it will be hard , it 's finding the time to do it properly . |
19 | It 's leaving the time |
20 | ( A decade later , Johnson , on a journey to Oxford , sat in the stage-coach beside a Mrs Beresford and her daughter ; the girl was passing the time in knotting , a kind of tatting , in which coloured threads are knitted into decorative knots . |
21 | It was through school generally and school teachers in particular that his interest was aroused and : ‘ When I was approaching the time to leave school , my interest was in athletics ; I either wanted to join the army as a PE instructor or I thought about taking a course in physical education . ’ |
22 | And he was having the time of his life . |