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 .
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