Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have [vb pp] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doorbell had sounded several times while she was changing and , as she descended the stairs , a hum of voices was audible from the drawing-room . |
| 2 | The length and content of the course has changed many times since the last war , and several high-ranking officers are updated each year . |
| 3 | Please could you let me know i ) if the council has set any time limit on these protracted negotiations and if so what it is and ii ) when planning consent is given will it apply from the date the original application was approved or the date the conditions were approved . |
| 4 | The lower part of the iris of the eye reflects a brilliant green colour which the author has tried many times to capture on film , without success . |
| 5 | Fortunately the rain had ceased some time during the night . |
| 6 | ‘ It would help , ’ the Doctor had announced several times , ‘ if the corridors were straight . ’ |
| 7 | Within the marine environment itself some palaeontologists believe that the overall richness of the marine fauna was established early on , say by the Silurian period , and that there has not been a great increase in the total number of species living in the sea at any one time since then , although of course the kinds of organisms inhabiting the sea have changed many times . |