Example sentences of "[adv] have time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because we 've been talking for a while so had time for it to evaporate . |
| 2 | Even though she had only had time to glimpse the devastation that had been wrought , she knew that it had been a professional job , carried out by men who would leave no trace behind them . |
| 3 | There are many possible causes of trade cycles and we have only had time to consider some of the major ones in this chapter . |
| 4 | Perhaps having time was the right beginning ? |
| 5 | For many situations which you will face as a manager it is safe to assume that your audience may only have time to grasp perhaps just three ideas . |
| 6 | Roland do not necessarily have time to reply to letters where the course of action has already been explained in the handbook . |
| 7 | Prince , she suggests , never leaves the recording studio long enough to have time for anything romantic like a candelit dinner or taking lady-friends to the movies . |
| 8 | Apart from calling Blum ‘ the most dangerous man in Indo-China ’ de Lattre complained of all the ‘ missionary young men ’ the US was sending to Vietnam , of the way in which they undermined the idea of the French Union and , as he obviously had time to read the reports as soon as they were sent , he objected strenuously and in person to US correspondents who did not share his more exalted view of France 's mission in Indo-China . |
| 9 | " And you , Acorn , you dog-eared , dung-faced disgrace to a gamekeeper 's gibbet ; if I only had time to tell you — " |
| 10 | In the late nineteenth century , the pastime of rambling through open countryside had been restricted to those who not only had time at their disposal but also the financial capability to travel into rural areas . |
| 11 | There is nothing more tedious for the teacher than to hear one of his best students saying , after the examination : ‘ Oh , I did very well , but I only had time to answer half the paper . ’ |
| 12 | He only had time to read potted critical works now , with Finals a few weeks off . |
| 13 | Cleo only had time to jump backwards before the door opened . |
| 14 | I only had time to gasp in horror , before I saw that Heathcliff had caught him . |
| 15 | I only had time for fast food . |
| 16 | ‘ My money problems are only temporary , I 'd learn to drive if I only had time for the lessons , and you 'd be surprised at how many gadgets I 've learned to use and even repair during the past four years . |
| 17 | He walked off in front of her and Jenna had no choice at all ; she followed and only had time to glare at him reproachfully as he opened the door and stood aside for her , and then Marguerite was there . |
| 18 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 19 | In fact I only had time now because I had left Rebecca parked in her pram outside the supermarket . |
| 20 | The former lorry driver is now busy exporting Krystom throughout Europe and his only regret is that he no longer has time to go fishing . |
| 21 | But I had meanwhile had time to think . |
| 22 | He had scarcely had time to draw the curtains when there was a small , familiar tap at the door . |
| 23 | She had been so terrifically busy lately that she had scarcely had time to go near the beach , except for odd moments snatched while she was shopping . |
| 24 | You 've scarcely had time to see a thing . ’ |
| 25 | Xanthe spread out the soft folds of her skirt and looked at them as Miranda quickly splashed water into her armpits , round her neck , on her face , muttering , ‘ I wish I 'd just had time to wash my hair . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The last thing a Secretary of State would normally have time to do is to see if the Historic Royal Palaces are being run in a way to maximise profit . ’ |
| 27 | We are told that ‘ in normal conversation , both in speaking and in listening , performers do not generally have time to think about and apply conscious grammatical rules ’ ( Krashen 1981 : 3 ) . |
| 28 | I want to live — just a few more months , just to have time to catch up on old times . ’ |
| 29 | Dyson scarcely had time to stride up and down the office that morning , lecturing Bob on the importance of television , but he was in great form all the same . |
| 30 | He was so occupied with the accuracy of his record that he scarcely had time to pay attention to the narrative as a whole and it was n't until Evans fell silent that the statement jelled in his mind . |