Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This telephone has rung four times in this house since it was installed in January , and the first call brought us news of the Glasgow Ribbon Society , the Fenian Dynamitards destroying the Tradeston gas-works in which my poor husband has substantial interests . |
| 2 | The Italian Team has won nine times in the past ten years , but this year the British Army Team ran them a very close second . |
| 3 | He has won 12 times on the European Tour and 17 times in all during his career and will always be remembered as the man who holed the putt to win the Ryder Cup at the Belfry in 1985 . |
| 4 | Martin Pipe has declared a powerful team for Monday 's Coral Welsh National , a race he has won three times in the last four years . |
| 5 | One gifted person is the 37-year-old Irishman Finbarr Nolan who has featured several times in the Scot-tish press as a result of his ‘ clinics ’ in Ayrshire and Edinburgh . |
| 6 | The manufacturing sector has grown 21 times in real terms since 1960 , increasing from a 17.6% share of the economy to 26.9% in 1991 . |
| 7 | In addition , the Japan-Scottish Business Club has met 4 times in SCDI 's office in Glasgow and 5 Scots have participated as guests of JETRO in Japan Study Programmes . |
| 8 | The Supreme Council , consisting of heads of state of member governments , has met four times to date ; it is the highest policy-making body and appoints the Secretary-General ( currently Helmi Mahmud Namar ) . |
| 9 | He has written three times to Monika Kocanek ‘ deeply regretting the hurt I have caused ’ — and a mystery £100 has now been paid into her bank account in Bedford . |
| 10 | In real terms , the funding for the Energy Efficiency Office has risen 10 times during the past 11 years . |
| 11 | In the past two and half years it has risen four times in real terms to pay for the publication of more and more glossy pamphlets such as the parents charter — party political propaganda produced at the taxpayers ' expense . |
| 12 | The number of cases of thyroid cancer among children in Belarus ( Belorussia ) has risen 100 times since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 , with the highest levels in the areas where radioactive fallout was greatest . |
| 13 | My mother has said many times in our adult life that although she loved our father and should have stood by him , as far as Richard was concerned , ‘ she could not help herself ’ . |
| 14 | The difficulty with all this is cost as , despite the Lands Tribunal decision , there is nothing to prevent the Capital Taxes Office from raising a new demand based on fresh grounds , as it has done many times during the past 11 years . |
| 15 | Under layers of emulsion paint were splendid oak doors , one of which John has copied three times for customers . |
| 16 | Where rejuvenation intervenes before the river has had sufficient time for lateral erosion to form a flat valley floor , there will not be river terraces at the side of the stream but merely breaks of slope in the valley sides ( Fig. 9.6 ) . |
| 17 | The term " feature " has occurred many times in this chapter . |
| 18 | Newcastle , the hot-bed for local fell running , supplies Edinburgh-based Richard Rodgers who has performed many times for Northern Ireland and Willowfield 's George Morris — making his debut at this level — completes the senior mens ' team . |
| 19 | Newcastle , the hot-bed for local fell running , supplies Edinburgh-based Richard Rodgers who has performed many times for Northern Ireland and Willowfield 's George Morris — making his debut at this level — completes the senior mens ' team . |
| 20 | The next stage in the economic shock therapy will be freeing energy prices , which Mr Yeltsin has postponed several times for fear of a popular outcry . |
| 21 | The move , a cost-cutting measure Pick has employed several times in the past , halves the company to 30 or so , leaving Pick with its development core and about five salespeople . |
| 22 | The move , a cost-cutting measure Pick has employed several times in the past , halves the company to thirtysomething , leaving Pick with its development core and about five sales people . |
| 23 | Made first team at Crystal Palace last April and has played four times for the senior side . |
| 24 | He has played 10 times for Wales . |
| 25 | Latzsch , who has played 56 times for her country , made the first goal then got Germany 's winner with a sensational solo effort , after England equalised . |
| 26 | But ex-Preston Grasshopper Hayton has plenty of big time experience for he formerly skippered England Colleges and has played several times in the first team . |
| 27 | Robinson , who has scored 246 tries for West , is a former county captain who has played 60 times for Durham . |
| 28 | Poet and painter Adrian Henri has spent much time in Dieppe and its environs . |
| 29 | On the very day of the dinner Charlotte Poole was writing in her journal : ‘ We are shocked to hear that Mr. Thelwall has spent some time at Stowey this week with Mr. Coleridge , and consequently with Tom Poole . |
| 30 | Lineker has appeared 45 times for England and scored 29 goals ; Bull has played for 60 minutes and scored one , a smartly taken opportunity against Scotland in May . |