have a time of it
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But at the wedding I'll have a time of it; for nobody can go it like the Screamer.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold
He has taken a fancy to you, so you'll have a time of it.
From Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev by Seltzer, Thomas
If they try to pack our boats through the woods, they'll have a time of it, let me tell you.
From Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
Oh, my dear, I did have a time of it!
From The Children of Wilton Chase by Meade, L. T.
Between Joy's dancing and my dreaming, those poor teachers have a time of it.
From The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan by Edholm, Lizette M.
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