Example sentences of "have [verb] [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poet and painter Adrian Henri has spent much time in Dieppe and its environs . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A party leader who hopes to reach 10 Downing Street has to devote much time to party management , and policies and appointments have to be made with an eye on the reactions of party factions . |
| 4 | She 'd given more time to thinking about Lucy than anything else for months . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Emerson and Jackie swopped positions at Brands Hatch , with both of them missing gears at critical points and having to drive some time in oil thrown up by Ickx 's Ferrari . |
| 7 | ‘ By Jove , we 'll have to put some time in then ! ’ |
| 8 | Pakistan were 31 without loss by the close , Ramiz Raja ( 20 ) having spent little time on the field so far because of a stomach upset , and that evening Waqar Younis , asked what was the secret behind his late swing , replied , with a grin : ‘ I 'm not telling you that ! ’ |
| 9 | Having spent some time as a ‘ little kid ’ at the front of the terrace , and having learned through close observation the most rudimentary rules of conduct appropriate to being a Rowdy , the young fan simply shifts his location to the back of the End and to the fringes of the Rowdies group . |
| 10 | Fortunately for our sanity , we can say that we know something without having to delve each time into how we know it . |
| 11 | Singer John Matthews says : ‘ If we 'd have spent more time on the record we probably would have ruined it . ’ |
| 12 | I know Howard Wilkinson was disappointed at the delivery in the first leg and , if I know him , Leeds will have spent some time since working to make sure those balls count next time . |
| 13 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 14 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 15 | Could have gone any time with with nothing through his bloody arteries ! |
| 16 | Whereas years ago , it would have taken some time for that come by by which time it was no longer news , and people shrugged their shoulders and say well , |
| 17 | To produce so many papers jointly , plus scores more separately , during 1985 through 1988 can have left little time for intensive work on the test-tube fusion project . ’ |
| 18 | Must have happened some time after Buchanan and his sidekick came here . |
| 19 | They are paged with the number of the next table that needs attention , instead of having to return each time to the serving hatch . |
| 20 | If a local authority behaved as the Government have over the sale of public assets , its members would be disqualified and taken before the district auditor and might have to spend some time in gaol — and quite right , too . |
| 21 | Was the further sacrifice of having to spend more time with this Danish dictator , this Nordic Nero , really too much for her to endure ? |
| 22 | It was just the thought of having to spend more time in Luke Calder 's company , which was more than she could face today . |
| 23 | The last thing we need is having to spend more time in the God-forsaken place than we have to . |
| 24 | The candidates themselves may have to commit more time to the interview selection process ; the interviewers will have to ensure they leave enough time for discussion between themselves as well as making their own post-interview notes ; time will have to be set aside for the interviewers to meet and finalize their decision . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Books were few , but there was ample time to write ; as Coleridge , proficient in German after two months , put it : ‘ He seems to have employed more time in writing English than in studying German . ’ |
| 27 | He and I had talked long into the tropical nights and I had enjoyed his company , and I would have liked to have spent more time with Senator Crowninshield , but three months ? |
| 28 | I hope I will , that we will have support in it on this issue and I do n't want to take up all the time but it is something that members do approach me in , and and others on the members ' services sub and I hope we have time Chairman to er give this report some consideration and let's say it 's a v , it 's a very important if you Chairman want any additionals to the recommendations , or if you say we 're going too far in the recommendations because those recommendations you have down in front of you will be forwarded on and you 're officers and your your your policies and resources they 've given some time on on this report and therefore on the bottom of page thirty one the motion to be moved says that the comments of the policy and resources committee and the recommendations of the joint working party and the internal management of the local authorities be noted for submission to the Association of County Councils as appropriate . |
| 29 | The two groups returned safely to Jalo , where they had to wait some time for news of Jock Lewes and Bill Fraser . |
| 30 | He had bought some time for himself by refusing to answer any questions till he had heard the tape . |