Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sophisticated burglar-alarm system has aided overnight and weekend security and although the caretaker is not on call from 11am to 3.30pm the levels of demand have fallen during this time as a direct result of his monitoring skills . |
| 2 | This is probably the most untrue statement I have heard in some time . |
| 3 | This is something for which my hon. Friends and I have pressed for some time . |
| 4 | A further consequence of having time zones is that , when we travel we have to adjust to local time in the new time zone . |
| 5 | just six have come in this time there 's ca n't remember . |
| 6 | I HAVE noticed for some time now that the Amnesty International Mandate has not been changed to include ‘ people imprisoned for their sexuality ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Why , ’ she said sweetly , rising and picking up her clothes , and her bag , now empty of the articles which she had given J. D. O'Connor , ‘ tonight I am going to turn in early , read and rest — such a change after all I have done since this time last week . |
| 8 | ‘ I am sure that both Prince Charles and Princess Diana will feel a tremendous sense of sadness and of failure too , as they have done for some time . |
| 9 | I have done for some time . ’ |
| 10 | NEIL Kinnock and the party he leads are looking better than they have done at any time since he took office in 1983 . |
| 11 | Garden Life could turn out to be the most valuable contribution to conservation we have seen for some time . |
| 12 | President Michael Ainslie noted ‘ a greater level of consignment activity than we have seen for some time . |
| 13 | One of the most blatant and invidious pieces of political skulduggery we have seen for some time . |
| 14 | How many people did you in your er in your time on the flats , how many people do you think , have visited at some time ? |
| 15 | Both Ian Allan , chairman of AIR , and I have felt for some time that this division was not helpful to the railway movement and it was agreed at the ARPS Council meeting held on 25th April ( which I missed due to the pleasure of attending my secretary 's wedding ) and the AIR Board meeting two days later that we adopt a proposal put forward by David Madden , a member of ARPS Council and director of operations on the North Norfolk Railway , to set up a joint committee to handle affairs of mutual interest , which we agreed should be called in good railway tradition : ‘ The Railway Clearing House ’ . |
| 16 | By week 4 , you should be feeling quite well , perhaps better than you have felt for some time and , with any luck , you will be a good deal nearer to your target weight . |
| 17 | It has taken an awful long time to come to fruition — and appears to have needed the departure of founder Ken Olsen to come to fruition , but Digital Equipment Corp is finally to start marketing Apple Computer Inc Macintoshes to major companies in the US , mirroring the arrangement the two companies have had for some time in Europe . |
| 18 | ‘ You have lodgings with Mr Tambiah on that wherry and have had since this time last year ? ’ |
| 19 | You therefore get an increasing tangle of bureaucratic instructions which seek to legislate for an endless series of unlikely events which have occurred at some time in the organization 's past . |
| 20 | Anything I have accomplished in that time ranks as only a minor contribution compared with the achievements of the Fast Reactor research and development team , ’ she said . |
| 21 | But all managers have to negotiate at some time so it pays to learn about handling the process well . |
| 22 | The most I have played at one time is probably seven hours and it becomes agonising , it tightens your arm up terribly . ’ |
| 23 | Despite a slight shortage of new ideas , she remains the strongest candidate the Democrats have fielded for some time . |
| 24 | John Rolfe , conference chairman , said : ‘ People within the industry have known for some time there is a need for such a gathering . |
| 25 | Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction . |
| 26 | I am delighted to have heard anything worthwhile by Schillings , whose music I have known for some time in piano-vocal scores but have not encountered in performance . |
| 27 | The Major , a close confidant of the Princess , added : ‘ We have known for some time that some very senior members of the IOC have the knives out for our sport . |
| 28 | People have known for some time what has been going on , and I 'm surprised it has taken this long to come out into the open . |
| 29 | We have known for some time that this can not have been the case . |
| 30 | The move has been criticized by environmental organizations , which argue that the cars could be fitted with a converter because the cost , around £300 per car , is not prohibitive and that in any case manufacturers have known for some time when the law would come into effect . |