Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The length and content of the course has changed many times since the last war , and several high-ranking officers are updated each year . |
| 2 | As they approached , Corbett realised the fortifications of Earlston were a square tower of pleasing proportions within a stockade or peel which Corbett had seen many times on his journeys into Scotland . |
| 3 | The gangs had clashed many times . |
| 4 | Yet Barclays and Lloyds have spent much time and energy privately rubbishing Switch , in efforts to promote their own debit cards . |
| 5 | The Dallas daily says that General Motors and General Electric have met several times in recent months to examine ways to increase their influence over the likes of IBM Corp , Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc , quoting executives involved in the talks and industry analysts and the pact could create a consortium with a requirement as many as 100,000 desktop personal computers annually . |
| 6 | Please could you let me know i ) if the council has set any time limit on these protracted negotiations and if so what it is and ii ) when planning consent is given will it apply from the date the original application was approved or the date the conditions were approved . |
| 7 | The travellers knew some of the stories , for Tara had met many Time Travellers , and the tales had echoed back . |
| 8 | a lady 's bid this time at thirty pounds . |
| 9 | Over the past year Alastair has spent more time cycling , putting in up to 150 miles a week . |
| 10 | The lower part of the iris of the eye reflects a brilliant green colour which the author has tried many times to capture on film , without success . |
| 11 | Walter Last has spent some time developing a system for cutting the compound angles on the segments for his turning |
| 12 | The manner of his election was dubious in the extreme ; Gallus had spent much time at the court of Theuderic , but at the time of Quintianus 's death he was in Clermont ; while the citizens were trying to decide on a new candidate the Holy Spirit descended on Gallus , according to his relative Gregory , and on the advice of his uncle Inpetratus he set off and presented himself to Theuderic , who authorized his consecration . |
| 13 | Fortunately the rain had ceased some time during the night . |
| 14 | Since then , senior representatives of General Motors , Ford and Chrysler have met several times administration officials led by the president 's science adviser , John Gibbons , and Deputy Secretary of Commerce-designate John Rollwagen . |
| 15 | British banks have had less time than their American counterparts to develop clear strategies towards property . |
| 16 | The next stage in the economic shock therapy will be freeing energy prices , which Mr Yeltsin has postponed several times for fear of a popular outcry . |
| 17 | Poet and painter Adrian Henri has spent much time in Dieppe and its environs . |
| 18 | According to purchasing manager Roger DaForno , this excellent relationship has taken some time to build and there 's no doubt that both organizations ' commitment to a process of continuous improvement has helped immensely . |
| 19 | Mr Denham said he understood the pharmacy owners had wanted more time to prepare their case . |
| 20 | Reform , the young protesters stressed , was good but should be extended into the political sphere , as their predecessors had demanded many times before . |
| 21 | As the focus of the Bretton Woods institutions has moved across the Atlantic to central Europe deep-seated fears have arisen that time , resources and energy will be diverted from the economies of the southern hemisphere . |
| 22 | In females , one of the X chromosomes is switched off early in development , but not before the fertilised egg has divided several times . |
| 23 | The hon. Gentleman must recognise that the Labour proposal would cause a double upheaval and a return to a system which the Opposition Front Bench has criticised many times . |
| 24 | Environmental archaeology provides evidence to demonstrate that the human environment has changed many times in the past , each change heralding periods of technological , economic and social change as human societies struggled to find new ways to gain a living from the world around them . |
| 25 | Do n't think about it , just get up , like Uncle Jamie had done that time out hunting , broken arm and all . |
| 26 | The Secretary of State has said several times today how proud he is of British Rail 's safety record — a pride which we all share — but that is surely no reason not to look again at the real doubts that have arisen in the past year about manning , the number of hours worked and the quality of some of the new systems of signalling that are being installed . |
| 27 | As the Home Secretary has said several times , there is nothing illegal about that . |
| 28 | The move , a cost-cutting measure Pick has employed several times in the past , halves the company to 30 or so , leaving Pick with its development core and about five salespeople . |
| 29 | The move , a cost-cutting measure Pick has employed several times in the past , halves the company to thirtysomething , leaving Pick with its development core and about five sales people . |
| 30 | On the very day of the dinner Charlotte Poole was writing in her journal : ‘ We are shocked to hear that Mr. Thelwall has spent some time at Stowey this week with Mr. Coleridge , and consequently with Tom Poole . |