Example sentences of "even have time " in BNC.
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1 | The counterpointed duet of miniature heavy breathing and onward bashing life-pump forever continues beside me in defiance of the social laws of 1973 and reminds me how innocently fresh is young life , to be soon stained and bleached in alternating frenzy before it even has time to realise just how freshly innocent it is . |
2 | I was just dishing up the ravioli and he had n't even had time to take his helmet off when Nutty stormed in , drunk as a fiddler . |
3 | He surfaced , briefly , but the swell rolled him over and drove him down again before he 'd even had time to draw breath . |
4 | Staff are so busy making the dinosaurs they they have n't even had time to work out how many they 've sold |
5 | BEFORE the concrete foundations of the stage have even had time to set , and while the great steel girders of the fly tower are still being erected , Edinburgh Festival Theatre is receiving a succession of visitors from the leading opera and dance companies in Britain . |
6 | It was so quick he did n't even have time to scream . |
7 | ‘ Perhaps I 'll even have time to persuade you not to run away from me after all , mus . ’ |
8 | I did n't even have time to say hello before he was telling the whole room about us breaking into Puddephat 's rooms . |
9 | He was bigger than I and he grabbed me by my Sidcot collar and hauled me in the direction of the CFI 's office , I did not even have time to shake off my parachute before we burst into the " Holiest of Holies " . |
10 | I did n't even have time for a proper supper . ’ |
11 | And criminals are warned that from then , they wo n't even have time to tell police it 's a fair cop . |
12 | They do n't even have time to price them up before they 're gone |
13 | but er , I do n't even have time to read er the er , er |
14 | He glided effortlessly from one side of the hill to the other with total confidence , even having time to make jokes while trying to pluck a twig from a bush . |
15 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
16 | And before I even had time to wonder if Tony So per himself had slept between these very army blankets , I was asleep . |
17 | Such were the exchanges that Boswell , with his ( by our standards ) imperfect means of record , noted down — and even had time to comment that the two men had begun to ‘ agree like brothers , . |
18 | Before she even had time to realise his intentions , he drove his long , powerful fingers into her hair , bringing her face round to his , and her squeal of outrage was silenced as he took possession of her mouth . |
19 | Suddenly she was aware that he had moved in closely behind her and before she even had time to think his arms went round her . |
20 | Like a raider , he had swooped on a series of nightclubs , probably before their owners even had time to fully appreciate what had hit them . |
21 | And maybe not even have time to think about their relationship to be able to sort out any deep problems , and maybe they 're getting put , put aside . |