Example sentences of "have [vb pp] little time " in BNC.

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1 She had always suspected that he 'd had little time for any brain power that she might possess — just as she had always known that her chief value for him had been the almost instantaneous sexual desire they had felt for each other .
2 The extra cost of a harder and more lasting cutting edge was a wise investment — warriors would have had little time to re-sharpen their blades in the heat of battle !
3 Pakistan were 31 without loss by the close , Ramiz Raja ( 20 ) having spent little time on the field so far because of a stomach upset , and that evening Waqar Younis , asked what was the secret behind his late swing , replied , with a grin : ‘ I 'm not telling you that ! ’
4 To produce so many papers jointly , plus scores more separately , during 1985 through 1988 can have left little time for intensive work on the test-tube fusion project . ’
5 They will have lost little time if we do decide that they are too specialist .
6 So great had his concentration been on finishing the maps that Green had had little time to do anything else in those difficult years excepting for a brief visit to Buttermere in 1791 , and in 1793 he went to Wales and the Lake District with his stalwart helper Thornton ; but in 1794 he revisited Cumberland for twelve weeks two of which were devoted to Buttermere .
7 Pearn and I were very concerned to ensure that the troops who would liberate Burma should know something of the country and its people , for the army that fought the retreat in 1942 had had little time to learn any of the background .
8 They had had little time to socialise and some had lost contacts with friends and neighbours as a direct result of being in full-time employment .
9 ‘ We 've had little time to rest since Saturday , and with the temperature soaring past the mid-eighties , the training has been quite tough and very exhausting .
10 It had been a well-known fact that their last medical officer had spent little time studying new methods of health and safety and accident prevention and there had been an ever-present air of friction between himself and Ron Banks .
11 He had found little time for romance since his marriage ended .
12 So her father , it seemed , had wasted little time after leaving her .
13 Such has been the pace of South Africa 's re-entry into the world arena that Rhodes and his team mates have had little time to be overawed by the situation , which for a youngster from a small town in Natal is quite remarkable .
14 For the last year , I have had little time for writing , though I get something down on paper when I can .
15 I 'm afraid I have had little time to entertain you or introduce you to Hochhauser .
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