Example sentences of "it have [vb pp] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 For some unknown reason it has moved eleven times .
2 It has saved much time and effort in the long run .
3 In the past two and half years it has risen four times in real terms to pay for the publication of more and more glossy pamphlets such as the parents charter — party political propaganda produced at the taxpayers ' expense .
4 So I did record it again ; let's see how far it has gone this time !
5 If the one about the little drummer boy under Richmond Castle has appeared once it has appeared 1000 times , which is 1000 times more than anybody has heard the strains of the drum from under the place .
6 The difficulty with all this is cost as , despite the Lands Tribunal decision , there is nothing to prevent the Capital Taxes Office from raising a new demand based on fresh grounds , as it has done many times during the past 11 years .
7 Nevertheless , the sheer quantity of nitrate fertilizer that is applied to much farmland — and it has increased five times since the 1930s — ; creates problems from the surface run-off of rainwater which finds its way into drainage channels and ditches and eventually into streams and rivers .
8 It has started first time without exception so far , and pulls smoothly when cold .
9 Since 1961 , it has happened 17 times in 31 seasons , or over half : a remarkable proportion given the economic imbalance that has developed already within English football during the last 31 years .
10 Lawrence added : ‘ We have played five games against First Division sides this season and it has taken extra time in the fifth for us to be defeated .
11 London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it .
12 I 'm hoping that it has worked this time .
13 Her logical mind accepted this possibility , as it had done countless times before , but she did n't think her brother would ever have considered suicide .
14 The faded opulence of its belle époque styling , with gleaming brass , mirrored walls and ceiling murals , suggested that it had seen better times in the long distant days of Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec .
15 It occurred to him , as indeed it had occurred many times before , that commitment to one woman had as its inevitable corollary a lack of commitment to all the others .
16 It had taken some time to reach a decision , but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place , and then had gone off .
17 It had happened three times now .
18 It had happened three times before , with different men , and Cathy had reached the conclusion that she was somehow making it happen .
19 It had happened several times in the weeks since the funeral , and it scared him .
20 It had happened several times .
21 Erm it 's gone this time .
22 So if it 's got ten times the voltage , you 'll get ten ten times the current through .
23 It 's happened many times to all of us .
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