Example sentences of "they have time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they have time for a monthly general-interest magazine ? |
| 2 | Still less do they have time to develop them further for release to a wider and less technical audience . |
| 3 | Did they have time for dalliance ? |
| 4 | Maybe they had time alone once a week . |
| 5 | The people had never heard preaching like this before , and so they embraced the teaching before they had time to become used to it and ‘ Gospel-hardened ’ as had happened to the people of Bridgnorth . |
| 6 | History does not record what the members of these committees thought about it , or whether they had time to read their papers . |
| 7 | But the practical necessities of treating patients remained , so the majority of physicians continued to use as many of the available remedies as they thought necessary , relying on their personal experience , the opinions of colleagues , and the reports of such trials as they had time to study . |
| 8 | Before they had time to say a word , she had rushed across the room , enveloped Dimity in a bear-hug and kissed her soundly on each cheek . |
| 9 | First he attacked the tents of that Moorish Queen the Negress , who lay nearest to the city ; and this onset was so sudden , that they killed full a hundred and fifty Moors before they had time to take arms or go to horse . |
| 10 | When , with colleagues in the Department of Social Administration , I interviewed members of the divorcing population , they argued passionately that divorce was too easy ( or too difficult ) ; that everything was rushed through before they had time to think ( or that it dragged on interminably ) ; and that divorce should be morally neutral ( or that there should be an inquest in which every detail of their spouse 's despicable conduct was exposed to public view ) . |
| 11 | Before they had time to react , the car mounted the kerb and smashed into them . |
| 12 | They had time to assess the composition and probable loyalties of the force gathered there in the riverside haugh next morning , before the Earl Patrick would see them . |
| 13 | And then he added , ‘ I was talking to one of Big Joe 's bouncers and it was his opinion that she got wind of what was to happen , before they had time to give her a dose , likely . |
| 14 | They booked into a guesthouse on the far side of Warminster , and they had time to get into the High Street before the shops closed to buy Erlich a pair of wellington boots , and a rainproof coat that was n't so City , and a hat . |
| 15 | They had time for their economic activities and were free to choose the form of payment for their other work . |
| 16 | They 'd get so much grain and they 'd eat it so quickly that it swelled out before they had time to digest it . |
| 17 | If they had time to have had a look er , if someone could , could take the part of Maria . |
| 18 | On top of that there could be time spent tutoring individual pupils with special needs before they had time to think of preparation for the next day . |
| 19 | And he 's gunning for revenge after the 2–2 draw at Windsor last year , which dented the hopes of Northern Ireland before they had time to begin . |
| 20 | Well , as kind as they had time to be . |
| 21 | But because they have to leave by 10pm , all they have time for are the basic tasks , such as cooking dinner , feeding Elaine , taking off her make-up and getting her ready for bed . |
| 22 | Once a member of the clergy has been appointed he or she will visit the home to make arrangements , if they have time , which many might not . |
| 23 | What they need is a purgative period in opposition in which they have time to think once more and sort themselves out . ’ |
| 24 | The Tories believe they have time enough to put over that case . |
| 25 | It has been possible to isolate neutral bis and tris ( 1,3,2,4-dithiadiazoles ) by reducing their corresponding salts ; the neutral products precipitating before they have time to rearrange . |
| 26 | Teenagers ( and children ) should always be told about future events involving them moving house , or father going into hospital for an operation so that they have time to adjust to the idea . |
| 27 | For some reason many professionals believe that they must do all they have time to do for people with problems , though without thinking through their view that this is ‘ good ’ professional practice : it tends to be done for its own sake . |
| 28 | When managers have to make decisions , they have time on their side — and yet are not always right . |
| 29 | No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence . |
| 30 | Supplying that , they have time for very little else . |