Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] [det] time " in BNC.

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1 If only I 'd had more time .
2 and she put on the back of this one she was thankful that at least I 'd managed this time to get the mark in the area where it should have been in the first
3 I had fallen many times and could not control the wheelbarrow unless I was close enough for my legs to bang into it .
4 This was a vehicle with all mod cons at the rear of the bus , which I had followed many times and checked on its progress flying over the route ; oddly enough , on my last night in Mespot I was to sleep in the Imperial Airways rest fort at Rutbah Wells , I had refuelled there many times and had wondered with awe at the vast ugly route-flying Imperial aircraft — Handley Page HP42s — and even more so at the passengers who took an even greater interest in our tiny single-engined Wapiti aircraft , and furthermore asked endless questions about our aircraft and of our life in Baghdad .
5 I went through the drill that I had taught many times to my students , and with a little sideslip brought John 's creation back to earth .
6 I had noticed some time ago that the shoemaker had a beautiful daughter and the more I saw of her , the more I liked her . ’
7 I had discovered some time ago that he had loved Claudia Cohn-Casson .
8 It had been awkward for me to ask our family doctor to prescribe it : he knew my husband and I had parted some time ago .
9 As I had done several times on the journey , since I had n't entirely managed to put out of my mind the events of Uulaa and my suspicions .
10 This worried me because I could not make out what I had done this time to annoy her .
11 He was a seriouslooking Welshman whom I had met several times back in England and around the orchard .
12 I had holidayed several times in France and was toying with the idea of buying a house there , but with no definite plan in mind .
13 I could n't go back to work although I had tried several times and socializing was no fun at all .
14 For example in B , I had tried several times without success to contact a third-year female physics student who , it seemed , never looked in her departmental pigeonhole where I left the notes .
15 I think if I had had more time to myself when I first retired I would n't have made that mistake and would have looked for interests nearer home .
16 I had spent some time on a camping/cycling holiday with my family in the West country .
17 It was very different from when , during my student days , I had spent some time in the specialised wards of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases at St Pancras , where patients were treated for cholera , yellow fever , elephantiasis , malaria , leprosy , encephalitis lethargica , and a dozen other diseases that might have originated in the tropics .
18 As I 've said many times before , pressure is only a condition of the mind .
19 And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing .
20 I 've said that time and again .
21 I 've apologised many times for what happened that night .
22 This is a favourite recipe from a friend of mine ; a quick and delicious snack which I 've enjoyed many times .
23 Since I retired I 've had more time on my hands and I pass it , you might say , in reading and reflection on my area of interest .
24 I think I 've had enough time in school .
25 I 've had some time to check this Dream , ’ she said .
26 Downstairs in our reception we have a community tank that I 've mentioned many times .
27 I have n't really had a vacation , this is the first time I 've taken some time off and I barely got here ; just because of the pace of the world , especially last year .
28 I 've spent some time in the Far East . ’
29 Through Michael Jaffé I 've spent some time at the Hamilton Kerr conservation centre near Cambridge .
30 Because I 've spent more time trying it .
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