Example sentences of "[adv] had time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | " And you , Acorn , you dog-eared , dung-faced disgrace to a gamekeeper 's gibbet ; if I only had time to tell you — " |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | He only had time to read potted critical works now , with Finals a few weeks off . |
| 6 | Cleo only had time to jump backwards before the door opened . |
| 7 | I only had time to gasp in horror , before I saw that Heathcliff had caught him . |
| 8 | I only had time for fast food . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In fact I only had time now because I had left Rebecca parked in her pram outside the supermarket . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I scarcely had time to close it before he was upon me . |
| 16 | Promotion to officer class meant that he no longer had time to care for his own litters . |
| 17 | Soon afterwards , on Good Friday , Walter was seized by a fever ; his house was invaded by impure demons ; he just had time to struggle to Sault and make his confession ; and at dawn on Easter Sunday ‘ he withdrew from his body ’ . |
| 18 | I just had time for a quick glance into its shelf-ridden depths before it closed , and I saw room after room , opening vistas of eternal reading to my gaze . |
| 19 | When we were about twenty yards away from them an old woman turned and saw us. I just had time to see the panic on her face before the driver applied the brakes . |
| 20 | I knew I had to go back to hospital but I just had time to see my mother and sister off and to help my father close up grandmother 's house and to see uncle Henry take her off to the station , with destination Somerset . |
| 21 | He just had time for a quick coffee ( it was now or never ) , and in the time I took to refill the kettle and put coffee into two clean mugs , I 'd told him . |
| 22 | We just had time to eat a beautiful breakfast and read the complimentary morning papers before we touched down at London . |
| 23 | " I just had time to think " Thank God it was n't my teeth " . " |
| 24 | I think that we actually just had time to talk through these and you did n't actually make notes . |
| 25 | She told me that he just had time to wrap a small gift of appreciation . |
| 26 | She just had time to make out a black profile against the window before a shoe slammed into her chest with the sound a beanbag makes when it hits the floor . |
| 27 | He just had time to say , ‘ Marek , you do n't know what you 're doing . ’ |
| 28 | I just had time to dive into the nearest ditch , dropping the bicycle on the road , before I heard another shower of bullets . |
| 29 | But it was too slow , or too stupid : I just had time to grab her angles and pull her away . |
| 30 | We called briefly at Gibraltar where I just had time to walk up the Rock and see the apes . |