Example sentences of "had time " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Jay always had time for a drink .
3 Maybe they had time alone once a week .
4 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 .
5 I gave thanks that I had time and energy to simply enjoy and absorb .
6 I had time to enquire about Taff .
7 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 .
8 He too had time to think and to write .
9 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 .
10 Suddenly he had time to chat ’
11 Suddenly he had time to chat .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 ‘ 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 . ’
15 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 .
16 It sounded a pleasant , civilised household to settle in until he had time to look around him and decide about the future .
17 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 . ’
18 But not if he had time to think what it would do to his career . ’
19 He had time if he went on his bike .
20 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 .
21 Before he had time to think , Tug began to talk , quickly and nervously .
22 Before Keith had time to answer , Mrs Hollins stuck her head round the dining-room door .
23 Dot had time to worry .
24 Sometimes she would stay like this for hours until one of the care assistants had time to stop and prop her up .
25 He had time for a quick wave .
26 He barely had time to pay his dues , let alone think up any new material .
27 Before he had time to consider his own question , his train of thought was interrupted by Emily .
28 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 .
29 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 ’ .
30 Again I had time to find a garage that had opened early and had a welder .
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