Example sentences of "they have [art] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had no time to chatter in the lane . |
| 2 | ‘ They had no time to gather more . |
| 3 | Some said they had no listed buildings at risk at all , others that there were so many their hands were full and they had no time to reply . |
| 4 | And they had the time worked out for every policeman the length of time he was allowed to travel from court to home and back again and you added that time to the time you were engaged in court and it was worked out to the minute — worked out officially how long it took the tram . |
| 5 | Most ‘ organisers ’ swan in at eight-thirty looking important , only to discover there 's a big hitch and they have no time to put it right . |
| 6 | The common tendency of all of these people is to be so concerned with manipulating others to meet their needs that they have no time to minister to their partner 's needs . |
| 7 | It is all too easy for senior executives , especially in times of great pressure on business , to say that they have no time to devote to such activities for the community . |
| 8 | They reason that while Iran and Iraq are fighting each other they have no time to look for adventures elsewhere in the region . ’ |
| 9 | But he added : ‘ If , however , it means that managers are so distracted discussing the process of privatisation that they have no time left to manage , then that would be a most unhappy state of affairs . ’ |
| 10 | Giving them work to do or organised games — so that they have no time to stand and stare … but we must help them to see , to look , to observe . |
| 11 | Many people make their retirement the occasion for the ‘ holiday of a lifetime ’ , now that they have the time to indulge themselves . |