Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't erm the other day I thought to myself I 'll walk up , see if that shop 's still there and by the time , you know er I was dreaming obviously , and I 'd walked by , I 'd got time actually , I was killing time so er I thought oh you silly I said er you 've still not er found out , so I went back and it is there but it 's not some , it 's not a shop |
| 2 | When we were north of the border recently for the Scottish Music Show , before I 'd had time to look round myself , people were rushing over to describe a monster the like of which they 'd never before seen . |
| 3 | If I 'd had time to think I do n't know how I would have felt . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish I 'd had time to make that tea , ’ Mrs Bennet said . |
| 5 | ‘ I wish I 'd had time to read what Canon Wheeler had written on Jefferson all the same . |
| 6 | I said the first thing that came into my mind , but once I 'd had time to think everything through I realised what a mistake I 'd made . |
| 7 | If I 'd had time to think , I would have used my bat , but when I saw the ball , it was just about to start its downward path . |
| 8 | And I would have got it together if I 'd had time had gone out to work instead of for days on end being unemployed and sitting and telling me about Karen . |
| 9 | For the purposes of completing this project and covering some grand skylines in Snowdonia , the Lakes and Scotland — I had to take time out from my more usual pastime to actually walk those mountain crests . |
| 10 | I had to take time off work , which did n't go down too well with the furniture store which employed me , and I was promptly given the sack . |
| 11 | He 'd shot the question at me so unexpectedly I had to have time to recover . |
| 12 | I turned my head away quickly , but I had had time to take in another feature — his rather sharp , small nose that looked as if it might have been broken in a boxing match . |
| 13 | I would have gladly done so , if I had had time . |
| 14 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
| 15 | ‘ No ; the police came to see me before I had had time to make other arrangements . |
| 16 | Besides , I had had time to pick up the late edition . |
| 17 | Yeah , oh I know I 've said time and time again to them if you park up a bit , you know that house |
| 18 | Similarly , in the report of ‘ a sex beast nicknamed ‘ The Acne Kid ’ ’ ( Star ) , who boasted to the victim that he had just been freed from prison and said : ‘ I 've served time for rape before ’ , speculation about this possible link was scotched quickly . |
| 19 | Then I think we 'll put these away until I 've had time to consider my position . |
| 20 | I 've had time to think while I 've been away . ’ |
| 21 | Lamb himself commented : ‘ I 've had England players on the phone telling me what 's in the Mirror before I 've had time to go out and buy the paper . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've had time to think now . |
| 23 | I 've had time enough to learn that . ’ |
| 24 | Well , stall him until I 've had time to have a dekko . |
| 25 | At last she began : ‘ I 've come to see things differently since I 've had time to think over what was in the will . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've had time to think it well and truly through in what has been the longest three quarters of an hour of my life between phone call and you getting here — and it just has to be you . |
| 27 | Yes , exactly , I 've spent time in Russia , this guy went and put a model in these situations . |
| 28 | Jimmy Connors after being knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round I 'VE spent time with her and she is everything that a man could want . |
| 29 | But I 've spent time in her presence and she 's a very sexy lady . |
| 30 | I do like cooking if I 've got time to do it properly . |