Example sentences of "having [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Simon and Nigel had felt very uncomfortable , and the old bunch had been ‘ cliquey ’ , having little time for these less-affluent and state-educated newcomers . |
| 2 | He gave the impression of having little time for the Member , despite Grunte 's many years spent in the motor trade . |
| 3 | When an elderly relative is to be cared for , it is important that having some time off together should be top priority for the couple . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't regret not having much time to pamper myself in the bathroom , as the inclination is n't there . |
| 5 | The result was a fusion of Czechs and Slovaks with neither having much time for the other . |
| 6 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
| 7 | ‘ Apparently after Naylor had spent hours checking around my old haunts without success , he finally got lucky when someone recalled having many times seen my car parked outside this block of flats . |
| 8 | The sheer pressure of life pushes people into having less time for each other , rather than more . |
| 9 | The leaflets , softer in tone than much of the BMA campaign , suggest that hospitals that fail to compete in the new NHS market could go bankrupt ; GPs will be forced to compete for patients , with those that take on more having less time for patients ; while ‘ opted out ’ hospitals may drop some specialist services if they are not financially viable . |
| 10 | Some will revel in having more time for themselves ; others will feel lost . |
| 11 | My research indicates a variety of routes to class , trade union and gender consciousness and the probability of interaction between several factors : hardships experienced in a working-class childhood ; changes in household structure , such as taking over the ‘ man 's ’ role of breadwinner ; becoming involved in industrial action ; developing a new awareness of how social life is organised through contact with political or trade union ideologies ; and just growing older and having more time free from actual and ideological family constraints . |
| 12 | He was most anxious to know the result of his investigation and whether the cause of his pain could be treated without his having more time off work . |
| 13 | An exhausted Miranda found that instead of having more time , she had almost a full-time job keeping present and future shareholders informed and happy : she prepared official reports , gave institutional and pension-fund presentations , attended city lunches , and made time in her overfilled schedule for the financial press . |
| 14 | Sammy is already an accomplished player of the electric organ and looks forward to having more time for this and volunteer work . |
| 15 | Mrs Grove-Stephensen is leaving the post at the age of 60 and is looking forward to having more time to devote to church work . |
| 16 | In retirement Mr Hewitt is looking forward to having more time for reading , preferring biographies and works of historical interest , with French literature his main love . |
| 17 | I have a definite sensation of making a better turn and of having more time in which to make the hit . |
| 18 | A certain Mr Tomlinson was in trouble ‘ having several times played in the upper part of the links with some gentleman who was not a member of the Club and who had on each occasion omitted to pay his green fee ’ ( at this time 2s. 6d . ) . |
| 19 | Having enough time ; |
| 20 | Not having enough time ; |
| 21 | Of ten problems , say , three need extra training , two need clarification , two are not part of the job , two are due to organisational difficulties , and one is due to not having enough time . |
| 22 | Not having any time to think about it , Dave left work and went straight to the airfield . |