have a whale of a time

She'd been on the floor for nearly every dance, and was having a whale of a time.

His successor is going to have a whale of a time.

In fact, you might say I had a whale of a time."

So do non-women have a whale of a time in war, then?

The only thing that's certain is that when actors are given their heads, they have a whale of a time, and the audience does too.

I must say I was having a whale of a time getting clean.

I spent 3 hours mixing things appallingly and having a whale of a time.

He enjoyed the party, danced, drank and generally had a whale of a time.

And mummy will have a whale of a time.

Pappy and she, on the other hand, had had a whale of a time.

She may not have found Mr Right just yet, but she's having a whale of a time looking!

Besides, she'd seen Josh and the kids, and we'd had a whale of a time.

We all had a whale of a time, drifting on the surface and drowning in the depths with the four fishermen.

You just go on and have a whale of a time to yourself and I won't be bothered in the least.

I'd had a whale of a time.

'No doubt potholers have been having a whale of a time here for years.

They know their stuff inside out, but most importantly they also look like they are having a whale of a time.

PS lets hope all the guardian newspapers interns are having a whale of a time!

(She subsequently applied, was accepted, and had a whale of a time, so no real damage done, in fairness).

'Then we could all go straight down the boozer and have a whale of a time.'

Once the nausea subsided, the others seemed to be having a whale of a time, floating around the place mumbling: "Ooh, look at the lights".

They seemed to be having a whale of a time, actually, Matthew's face cycling through surprise, anger, hilarity, in a ten-second period.

Somewhat disarmingly, Andrew Dilnot says he is "having a whale of a time".

"His piano approach," the critic continued, "is ludicrous, elbows whirling about, the parlor performer to the life having a whale of a time."

At one point Harry can be seen with his arm around Jeff's date, making raunchy double-entendres and having a whale of a time.