Example sentences of "had time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had times been normal we are sure that Mr Crawford would have made Otago the foremost province in the Dominion . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Jay always had time for a drink . |
| 4 | Maybe they had time alone once a week . |
| 5 | Geraldine hardly had time to boil the kettle , to make a cup of coffee , to toast a slice of bread between shots of Alan being rescued , wearing a blanket and sitting up in bed in pyjamas . |
| 6 | I gave thanks that I had time and energy to simply enjoy and absorb . |
| 7 | I had time to enquire about Taff . |
| 8 | They had been suggested as early as 3 August by VTsIK , but typically no action was taken until the Communist Party had time to look into the question . |
| 9 | He too had time to think and to write . |
| 10 | Unable to stand it any longer , Sheila went up to him and before he had time to react seized both envelopes , feverishly tearing open her own and handing the other to Mona , who appeared almost unable to take it . |
| 11 | Suddenly he had time to chat ’ |
| 12 | Suddenly he had time to chat . |
| 13 | The boys talked nostalgically about the way fighting had been a part of their fathers ' world ; ‘ about the time old man MacIlroy , half-pissed , had taken on ali the men folk of his very extended family , at his sister 's wedding , and stili had time to call for more beer . |
| 14 | It seemed that the manager remembered it plainly , too , because as they entered the restaurant , he came from behind his desk like a bolted rabbit and , before Frau Nordern had time to speak , assured her that everything would be in order if only , his hands out wide , beseechingly , if only the gnädige Frau would give him a date . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | It lay around the office for a day or two , until someone had time to open it and send it back with a brief note , giving the time and circumstances of Elsie 's death . |
| 17 | It sounded a pleasant , civilised household to settle in until he had time to look around him and decide about the future . |
| 18 | Ringing round some of the ex club members they gave their pictures of Philip : ‘ A quiet but firm man , who always had time to listen , and give advice when asked . ’ |
| 19 | But not if he had time to think what it would do to his career . ’ |
| 20 | He had time if he went on his bike . |
| 21 | When he finally got her on the phone , she only asked him how he was then said she had to rush , and put the receiver down before he had time to tell her . |
| 22 | Before he had time to think , Tug began to talk , quickly and nervously . |
| 23 | Before Keith had time to answer , Mrs Hollins stuck her head round the dining-room door . |
| 24 | Dot had time to worry . |
| 25 | Sometimes she would stay like this for hours until one of the care assistants had time to stop and prop her up . |
| 26 | He had time for a quick wave . |
| 27 | He barely had time to pay his dues , let alone think up any new material . |
| 28 | Before he had time to consider his own question , his train of thought was interrupted by Emily . |
| 29 | Removed long before the shells had time to form , they were no more than a cluster of marble-sized orange balls in a thick yolky substance . |
| 30 | Soon afterwards , on Good Friday , Walter was seized by a fever ; his house was invaded by impure demons ; he just had time to struggle to Sault and make his confession ; and at dawn on Easter Sunday ‘ he withdrew from his body ’ . |