Example sentences of "[noun pl] have time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we knew where one of these things was going to be flown into space , ’ he said , speaking quickly before the words had time to escape , ‘ and we could sort of hang on to the sides or whatever , or maybe drive it like the Truck , and we took you with us , then we could jump off when we got up there and go and find this ship of ours , could n't we ? ’ |
| 2 | Removed long before the shells had time to form , they were no more than a cluster of marble-sized orange balls in a thick yolky substance . |
| 3 | New risks have time to emerge . |
| 4 | This was motivated by the need for the mother to return to work or the wish for the parents to have time to themselves . |
| 5 | What sort of man … this letter business did n't ring true at all … that they had taken the two girls and released one could simply mean a problem of identification , although even that was unlikely , but to send a first message before the parents had time to become frantic , possibly before they even knew … the whole thing could be a hoax , and yet the girl 's condition … a hoax gone wrong ! |
| 6 | Most villagers were encumbered with the huge broods of the day and it was as much as worn parents could do to keep them warm and fed But John 's parents had time to give . |
| 7 | And since most visitors have time only for one visit to Milford , you again will probably have to be make this trip as a passenger , either in an aircraft or a coach . |
| 8 | Puritanical movements have time and time again , in Europe and America , linked a rigorous sexual code of practice with pacifism and an ethic of non-violence . |
| 9 | ‘ Before the war people were engaged for years to have time to get a home together , but nobody waits for that now . ’ |
| 10 | Once dealers had time to digest more of the Chancellor 's speech , however , the consensus around the trading screens was that it was a broadly neutral budget , and a late rally reduced the fall to 3 points to leave the index at 2,919.30 at the close . |
| 11 | In the heat of the action few players had time to discuss their reactions and were kept clear of the press . |
| 12 | The fate of attempted reforms has only added to the north 's alienation , as Catholic bishops have time and again pulled Dublin 's politicians by the ear — ‘ a question ’ , as the senior archbishop put it earlier this month , ‘ of legislators respecting the moral convictions to which people adhere , and which are influenced by their membership of the church . ’ |
| 13 | It should also recognise that there is a need to protect such exercises from public scrutiny for a period so that teachers have time to acquire evaluative skills . |
| 14 | And in the years after the end of the 1939–45 war there was such a spate of generals ' diaries that it at times seemed difficult to understand how these men had time for the job in hand , so busy were they with their diaries . |
| 15 | On reaching Fort Augustus , when the steamer is being lowered in the locks towards the loch , tourists have time to look about them . |
| 16 | ‘ It is important that children have time to play , pursue interests and hobbies and take part in informal organised activities with other children and alone . |
| 17 | Generously , the staff of Decommission-ing and Radwaste have temporarily decommissioned their vehicle so that the thrushes have time to successfully raise their family . |
| 18 | But the intention of the rebels was to bundle Baldwin out of the leadership before opinions had time to come to terms with the election results . |
| 19 | The boys talked nostalgically about the way fighting had been a part of their fathers ' world ; ‘ about the time old man MacIlroy , half-pissed , had taken on ali the men folk of his very extended family , at his sister 's wedding , and stili had time to call for more beer . |
| 20 | In 1798 , General Humbert of France came over and won a battle near there , but he took so long that the nearby towns had time to refortify . |
| 21 | Czechoslovakia 's first feminist art show opened this year , though not all women have time for feminism . |
| 22 | After all how many artists have time to explain what they are doing while , or even after , they are doing it . |
| 23 | These revelations come from talking to Personnel managers who admitted they often have to force over-stressed employees to have time off . |
| 24 | Roman tugged Claudia to her feet and rushed her out of the garden before the coach doors had time to open . |
| 25 | Sometimes she would stay like this for hours until one of the care assistants had time to stop and prop her up . |