Example sentences of "they have have time " in BNC.

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1 There was a very affected couple , Erwin and Pam , who were expert at creaming off the best for themselves — and as they were in their mid-thirties , they had had time for some practice .
2 The books of Mary Somerville ( e.g. , On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences , 1834 ) proved valuable to men of science wanting to keep up with what was going on in other fields , and unable to understand it all even if they had had time to read it .
3 ‘ She arrived about seven thirty and they had had time enough to get to grips with their subject matter already , by all accounts . ’
4 Producing off-the-top-of-the-head ideas ( see Creative thinking on page 41 ) is particularly difficult for many people , especially those who feel vulnerable unless they have had time to prepare their idea carefully before offering it .
5 A good photographer should , if necessary , be able to produce good pictures without a previous visit , but he or she will certainly produce better results if they have had time to look round and plan the most effective camera angles .
6 They have had time , unlike the situation in 1971 , to assess how much damage has been done , in a material and spiritual sense , by these shadowy paramilitaries who can never be brought before a court .
7 Perhaps when they have had time to cool down and think about it , they will reconsider . ’
8 The only message some of them had had time to give their children as the social workers took them to waiting cars was ‘ have faith , be strong , we 'll do what we can ’ .
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