Example sentences of "have time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There must now be a delay before the next step command is issued , so that the motor has time to execute the first step . |
| 2 | Evidence of this kind is , however , essential if community care practitioners in the world of purchasing and providing , assessment and care management are not to lose sight of the fact that the consumer may award the quality kitemark as much for the professional who has time to listen , as for the streamlined meals service . |
| 3 | When he has time to relax , he manages to put all that energy into enjoying himself . |
| 4 | It is sometimes advantageous to cease continually pushing onwards ; by stopping one has time to relax and see what otherwise would have been missed , the colours of the machair , wild poppies , buttercups , clovers , yellow rattle , eyebrights and even common ragwort , a visit to Northton , the smell of peat fires , a silent deserted main street , an antiquated petrol pump , a seized up old tractor , overgrown gardens , derelict corrugated iron roofed buildings and one shop that was a shop no more , signs suggestive of better , more affluent times . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Elite performers often launch an attack as soon as the switch-change occurs , suddenly darting forwards with a powerful attack before the opponent has time to re-calculate your distance from him . |
| 7 | It has time to dissolve minute quantities of minerals which can give it definite characteristics such as hardness or taste . |
| 8 | Besides , if done quickly enough , nothing has time to respond or to cover itself over , scared of a snatched soul bleeding dry . |
| 9 | So ‘ Stated ’ has time to ooze menace from behind a barbed wire fence of a beat and the naggingly familiar sample that punctuates ‘ Imply The Calm ’ is allowed to weave its hypnotic spell . |
| 10 | Well , never mind … nobody has time to settle everything . |
| 11 | There is usually a formal system of discounts , for advertisers spending over a certain level with the station , and perhaps even for early booking , and whenever a station has time to sell which it fears it might fail to dispose of it is possible for the buyer to negotiate on the price . |
| 12 | Anyone who has time to spare and would like to help can contact Moira on Darlington . |
| 13 | Now back in his hometown of Swindon he has time to reflect on the months tending wounded and dying Croatians at the frontline of battle in North Bosnia . |
| 14 | If she ever has time to pop down the post office to get it . |
| 15 | She barely has time to recover before Nina Myskow breezes in with a smile that makes her look like a 10-year-old ( a ten-year-old Stilton , that is ) , hurls her customary , ‘ Hello , you old bag , ’ and her reflection kisses the air beside my cheek . |
| 16 | ‘ No one has time to attend to you . |
| 17 | An Old English Sheepdog needing a minimum of an hour 's grooming a day sold to a mother of four children who barely has time to brush her own hair ? |
| 18 | It does not matter if the opponent steps out as long as your technique strikes home before the referee has time to stop the bout . |
| 19 | The former lorry driver is now busy exporting Krystom throughout Europe and his only regret is that he no longer has time to go fishing . |
| 20 | John Sculley at Apple Computer Inc is another name that has been canvassed , and he is the exception that proves the rule that an outsider ca n't run a computer company , but he came in fascinated by the business and devoted all his efforts in the early days learning about it for himself rather than relying on his minions , something no-one taking over IBM now has time to do . |
| 21 | The wonder is perhaps that he has time to do any writing and research at all after running two companies — Pluto Press ( Australia ) and PR agency Social Change Media — and with partner Stephanie Dowrick , also a writer , bringing up two children . |
| 22 | All Nigel has time to do is slap on the magic sponge and decide whether the man can carry on . |
| 23 | In retirement she has time to enjoy her leisure interests , choral singing , fell-walking , wild flowers , as well as being involved in many local organisations , doing ‘ Meals on Wheels ’ and perusing a hoard of old family letters dating back to 1809 . |
| 24 | The problem of criticising the work in exhibiting societies ' shows is how little space is made available in newspapers for its coverage ; the critic has time to mention a painter or a sculptor , make a brief observation , and then passes on . |
| 25 | 3 Turning into the attack , the defender pre-empts the move and back-palms the oncoming punch before it has time to gain power . |
| 26 | Mr Major still has time to prove he has them . |
| 27 | Yet she still has time to nurture seedlings , shift earth , make new courtyards , make a rose tunnel along the old aisle and an arbour on the site of the high altar , and create more flowerbeds . |
| 28 | Not only this , the latest multi-function instruments can scan and monitor all engine conditions — oil T & P , CHT , OAT , etc. — and warn of any abnormality before it has time to result in damage . |
| 29 | A teaching plan may be devised for the patient and the information needed may be given in short sessions so that the patient has time to absorb the information and ask questions . |
| 30 | I would expect the right hon. Lady to give us the answers , because she still has time to absorb what her civil servants have to tell her . |