Example sentences of "had [verb] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A German Ambassador once remarked to the author at a conference that he had referred several times to his constituents , ‘ whereas we in Germany believe in institutions ’ . |
| 2 | I went through the drill that I had taught many times to my students , and with a little sideslip brought John 's creation back to earth . |
| 3 | The two groups returned safely to Jalo , where they had to wait some time for news of Jock Lewes and Bill Fraser . |
| 4 | There they had to wait some time until the Constable could find the key and lock the door on them . |
| 5 | Because of this she felt generous and said she had realised some time ago that a really beautiful man was very much more beautiful than the most beautiful woman , and was n't that interesting . |
| 6 | He had realised some time before that he was becoming more and more attracted to her . |
| 7 | It had been awkward for me to ask our family doctor to prescribe it : he knew my husband and I had parted some time ago . |
| 8 | The couple , who divorced last June , had parted several times . |
| 9 | As Shama talked , Hussa added a reminder here and there as though they were stories which she had heard many times before . |
| 10 | I had fallen many times and could not control the wheelbarrow unless I was close enough for my legs to bang into it . |
| 11 | The Georgian military said the Su-25 had attacked several times during Saturday but had been away by anti-aircraft fire . |
| 12 | ‘ Look , it had to come some time , you know . |
| 13 | But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time . |
| 14 | The travellers knew some of the stories , for Tara had met many Time Travellers , and the tales had echoed back . |
| 15 | He was a seriouslooking Welshman whom I had met several times back in England and around the orchard . |
| 16 | The price of cobalt soared and the industry suddenly had to pour much time and money into redesigning the magnets in loudspeakers , using less expensive ceramic materials instead of cobalt . |
| 17 | ‘ I had noticed some time ago that the shoemaker had a beautiful daughter and the more I saw of her , the more I liked her . ’ |
| 18 | Her time would come , but he had to choose that time . |
| 19 | As they approached , Corbett realised the fortifications of Earlston were a square tower of pleasing proportions within a stockade or peel which Corbett had seen many times on his journeys into Scotland . |
| 20 | He flipped open the book whose pages were filled with her beautiful , careful script , which he had seen many times on the shopping lists which she had made up under Matey 's instructions . |
| 21 | Do n't think about it , just get up , like Uncle Jamie had done that time out hunting , broken arm and all . |
| 22 | Jonathon knew he had less than two miles to go and that his faithful horse would trudge him home as he had done many times before . |
| 23 | So was the ghostly passenger preparing to embark on another train journey as he had done many times during his life on earth ? |
| 24 | Billy could easily have ferried her across the river in his boat , as he had done many times before . |
| 25 | All three ran back to the trough prepared to swim for it as the boys had done several times before . |
| 26 | As I had done several times on the journey , since I had n't entirely managed to put out of my mind the events of Uulaa and my suspicions . |
| 27 | This worried me because I could not make out what I had done this time to annoy her . |
| 28 | It was as his grandfather had said many times . |
| 29 | Perhaps it was because she went to an early Mass to have breakfast ready for them when they returned ; but she did n't like lying in bed in the mornings anyway , and as he had said many times ( admittedly without great enthusiasm ) they could quite easily go to Mass together , and wait a lit–de longer for breakfast . |
| 30 | It was true , Uncle Max had said many times that if she decided to take up general practice he 'd be only too happy to have her join him , but that was n't quite the same thing as actually being offered a job . |