Example sentences of "i [vb past] have time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we were north of the border recently for the Scottish Music Show , before I 'd had time to look round myself , people were rushing over to describe a monster the like of which they 'd never before seen . |
| 2 | If I 'd had time to think I do n't know how I would have felt . |
| 3 | ‘ I wish I 'd had time to make that tea , ’ Mrs Bennet said . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish I 'd had time to read what Canon Wheeler had written on Jefferson all the same . |
| 5 | I said the first thing that came into my mind , but once I 'd had time to think everything through I realised what a mistake I 'd made . |
| 6 | If I 'd had time to think , I would have used my bat , but when I saw the ball , it was just about to start its downward path . |
| 7 | And I would have got it together if I 'd had time had gone out to work instead of for days on end being unemployed and sitting and telling me about Karen . |
| 8 | He 'd shot the question at me so unexpectedly I had to have time to recover . |
| 9 | I turned my head away quickly , but I had had time to take in another feature — his rather sharp , small nose that looked as if it might have been broken in a boxing match . |
| 10 | I would have gladly done so , if I had had time . |
| 11 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
| 12 | ‘ No ; the police came to see me before I had had time to make other arrangements . |
| 13 | Besides , I had had time to pick up the late edition . |