whale of a time
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Broadcaster Rev Richard Coles told BBC Breakfast he had a "whale of a time" when he took part in the show in 2017, but that he wasn't surprised by the current furore.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024
Your substitute Surge author had a whale of a time in 2022 covering J.R.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2023
Irrefutably male Craig and Trevor prowl the streets of a very soundstagey New York, mansplaining their magnificence, and Sharp and Jackson have a whale of a time butching it up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
He often said he had a whale of a time and wouldn't have changed much.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
Little they cared how wet I got, because then Mother could have a whale of a time being afraid I was taking pneumonia.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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