Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] time " in BNC.

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1 And as she worked beside Silas one question hammered to demand an answer — the question of how she could have lost control of her own emotions when she 'd known that all he needed was time to sort out his own feelings for Doreen .
2 Lothar believed that all he needed was time .
3 Of course there had been time for two moves in the interim .
4 This arrived so soon we could n't believe there had been time to make them and get to the Matterhorn !
5 If there had been time , I would have ordered several new suits .
6 The only expenditure had been time .
7 Fortunately , there had been time to buy a half bottle of Bell 's on the way to Paddington .
8 Union leaders denied government allegations that the general strike had been time to coincide with Herrera 's rebellion .
9 The most precious possession he had was time .
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