Example sentences of "i have time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I might have done had I had time … and had I remembered .
2 The question is therefore asked with an implication attached to it of ‘ do I have to start getting really worried now or do I have time to adjust to this bad news ? ’
3 ‘ When would I have time , my friend ?
4 As promised , one of the project workers gave me an early shake and I had time enough for a coffee before I needed to set off to meet Jenny .
5 I gave thanks that I had time and energy to simply enjoy and absorb .
6 I had time to enquire about Taff .
7 ‘ The decision to do so was one of the hardest I have ever made : but now that I am committed ( by dint of posting the letter before I had time to change my mind ) I began to be afraid of opposite extremes — afraid that I am merely indulging in an orgy of egoism . ’
8 Again I had time to find a garage that had opened early and had a welder .
9 If I had time I would like to make a collection of the many stories there are about great conductors because I think there is much to be learnt from them .
10 As it happened , the lecture ended earlier than I had expected , so I had time to waste . ’
11 He now ate what I cooked , and went for a drive when I had time .
12 ‘ I am going to cry , ’ I thought , and I went quickly to my seat in the church before I had time to do so .
13 I said , before I had time to think about it , ‘ Dream ? ’
14 Before I had time to change my mind , we were surrounded by howling , vicious young thugs , armed with belts , sticks and stones .
15 ‘ In school when I had time to kill . ’
16 It was being swept off my feet as soon as I opened the door and having my clothes removed before I had time to make coffee .
17 Without the telly , the pub , and most gay social life , I had time to read and study .
18 I had time to think about where I was going and what I had become .
19 I had time in the wilderness when my form was not good and that taught me a few lessons .
20 Before I had time to ask about Purvis , he explained , ‘ My sandwiches for breakfast .
21 I had time to eat my shepherd 's pie and tell my table about meeting Old Red before she appeared and apologized to us all for being late .
22 I had time to seminarise Mrs Dyer on the lesser masterpieces of Norman Wisdom before skipping to my room , whistling like one struck by sudden nocturnal inspiration .
23 And then I had time to think .
24 I had time to scrutinize the benches occupied by beggars and their bundles , and to watch the children playing in the little squares bounded by green iron railings , to envy gross matrons and their lap-dogs trotting between the pâtissière and the charcuterie … women in aprons washing the pavements , standing back to let pedestrians pass .
25 and before I had time
26 Aunt Branwell could teach them , and I could help when I had time .
27 I had time to feel bony legs clamp under my buttocks , then down I went without even a scream .
28 But sometimes , when I had time to spare , I used to look for a bargain in the Mercato della Ghiaia , the Gravel Market , which still exists today .
29 The rush was over by then , so I had time to listen to him telling me how bored he had been with the monotonous life in Parma .
30 I had time to establish a routine .
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