Example sentences of "had [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extra cost of a harder and more lasting cutting edge was a wise investment — warriors would have had little time to re-sharpen their blades in the heat of battle ! |
| 2 | So great had his concentration been on finishing the maps that Green had had little time to do anything else in those difficult years excepting for a brief visit to Buttermere in 1791 , and in 1793 he went to Wales and the Lake District with his stalwart helper Thornton ; but in 1794 he revisited Cumberland for twelve weeks two of which were devoted to Buttermere . |
| 3 | Such has been the pace of South Africa 's re-entry into the world arena that Rhodes and his team mates have had little time to be overawed by the situation , which for a youngster from a small town in Natal is quite remarkable . |
| 4 | Pearn and I were very concerned to ensure that the troops who would liberate Burma should know something of the country and its people , for the army that fought the retreat in 1942 had had little time to learn any of the background . |
| 5 | They had had little time to socialise and some had lost contacts with friends and neighbours as a direct result of being in full-time employment . |
| 6 | For the last year , I have had little time for writing , though I get something down on paper when I can . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've had little time to rest since Saturday , and with the temperature soaring past the mid-eighties , the training has been quite tough and very exhausting . |
| 8 | I 'm afraid I have had little time to entertain you or introduce you to Hochhauser . |
| 9 | She had always suspected that he 'd had little time for any brain power that she might possess — just as she had always known that her chief value for him had been the almost instantaneous sexual desire they had felt for each other . |
| 10 | Yeah , how many dozens have you had this time ? |
| 11 | ‘ I 've had some time to check this Dream , ’ she said . |
| 12 | She 's certainly had some time to kill , while awaiting her big moment . |
| 13 | Scotland , at least , have had some time to adjust to conditions here . |
| 14 | Perkin had n't had much time to hunt elsewhere for anything suitable . |
| 15 | Scotland has never had much time for earthquakes : the national football team already has a monopoly on disasters . |
| 16 | Now Bubble , who had n't had much time to reflect on his England-experience , was obviously starting to think over his position . |
| 17 | ‘ I have n't had much time to think . ’ |
| 18 | He had not had much time or energy to expend on such matters , and was quite happy to cover familiar , or at least already prepared , ground . |
| 19 | You have n't had much time for domestic life of late , have you ? |
| 20 | I have never had much time for the more esoteric confections you find all over the place . |
| 21 | I have been on to-day , so I have not had much time , I have wrote to G. Titman to-night . |
| 22 | What with one thing and another she had n't had much time for sleep last night . |
| 23 | And she had never had much time for Angela Cartwright , who , when it came to Grunte , tended to run with the hare , though it was plain enough that she had been put out by Grunte 's placing Hyacinth on his right hand and had agreed with Carole afterwards that they would have little trouble finding the necessary fifty signatures . |
| 24 | Not that she 'd had much time to explore it , of course . |
| 25 | ‘ I guess I have n't had much time for … fun . ’ |
| 26 | British banks have had less time than their American counterparts to develop clear strategies towards property . |
| 27 | Both people entering unemployment as a result of losing a temporary job and people taking temporary jobs as a way out of unemployment seemed more likely to have taken a number of jobs , to have experienced a number of spells of unemployment , to have had less time in work and more time in unemployment than people becoming unemployed for other reasons , or managing to obtain a permanent job on leaving unemployment . |
| 28 | Had BR had more time and more funding , had the government been more sympathetic towards the railway investment and had there been no recession , the APT might have eventually been successful — but that is another story . |
| 29 | Perhaps the shock is severe enough to catapult the person into feeling all the pain and extremity of loss that their defences might not have let them do if they had had more time to get organized . |
| 30 | indeed visiting headteachers said to the young teachers from university , polytechnic and college courses in September 1989 , ‘ You tell us about it — inevitably you have had more time to learn about it than we have . ’ |