Example sentences of "been time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the slump of 1921 there has been a prevailing tendency , occasionally interrupted but invariably resumed before there has been time for a real recovery towards parsimony and restriction . |
| 2 | Has there been time ? |
| 3 | If the surface of the earth was covered to a depth of one metre in protein molecules , each one different from every other one , and if each molecule changed into another one once a second , and had done so since the origin of the earth , there would have been time to try out only a minute fraction of the possible sequences . |
| 4 | This is to ask whether there has been time for natural selection to specify the DNA present in the human genome . |
| 5 | There has , nevertheless , been time to watch him and he appears to be hitting shot after shot pretty well exactly where he wants it . |
| 6 | There has , nevertheless , been time to watch him and he appears to be hitting shot after shot pretty well exactly where he wants it . |
| 7 | Both Nicaragua and Cuba have seen significant changes for women , but the Cuban example is particularly instructive , since there has been time for new gender roles to develop . |
| 8 | Fewer papers should be taken at very short notice before there has been time for the Departments to comment on them . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , in the hurly-burly of a busy existence it is likely that the next experience will occur ( rather like waves relentlessly breaking on the shore ) before there has been time to review . |
| 10 | There has n't been time , ’ she said . |
| 11 | There simply has n't been time for the body to clear the first lot before it 's topped up with a second dose of alcohol . |
| 12 | After the hectic middle years , couples may renew or begin activities together for which there had not previously been time . |
| 13 | But , of course , there had not been time yet for anyone to report on Katelina , even had shipping been normal . |
| 14 | There would have been time . |
| 15 | Of course there had been time for two moves in the interim . |
| 16 | For one thing , there had not been time for the more remotely-seated lords to arrive , if indeed many of them heeded the summons ; and the Balliol supporters , of course , remained absent . |
| 17 | This arrived so soon we could n't believe there had been time to make them and get to the Matterhorn ! |
| 18 | There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was , but Miss Honey had learned enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible . |
| 19 | He should have asked the Captain but with the Substitute 's eyes fixed on him he had n't felt able to , and later there had never been time . |
| 20 | ( However , Peter Burge , the former Australian batsman who was the ICC 's match referee throughout this series , said afterwards that there would have been time for one over if a wicket had fallen in the same Tufnell over . ) |
| 21 | We should have realized at the time that in the emergency of AD 196 there would not have been time to build walls round town defences . |
| 22 | Although they have worked together for so many years , there has still been time for individual projects and exhibitions : François-Xavier has moved on from vegetable architecture to monumental fountains and sculptures ; Claude 's ventures include jewellery and bronze furniture for an American garden , stage props for Bob Wilson and breastplates for the angels in Wim Wenders ' film ‘ Wings of Desire ’ . |
| 23 | And that would have been time enough if you had n't shot your mouth off and brought that foul man roaring round here … ’ |
| 24 | There had n't been time , on Heaven , for the two women to get to know each other . |
| 25 | I would have sworn there had n't been time for you to make any kind of progress since last night . |
| 26 | If there had been time , I would have ordered several new suits . |
| 27 | He did the same to the soldiers ' barracks and police stations ; there may have been time for the policemen to read seventy-five years ago but not today . |
| 28 | Even when the preference is weak , the switch will not occur unless there has been time for the predators to learn how to handle the other ( now abundant ) species . |
| 29 | ‘ I have written to Joe about it , ’ Maureen said , ‘ but there has n't been time for a reply yet . ’ |
| 30 | There had just been time to push Eric to the floor in the back . |