Example sentences of "scarcely have time " in BNC.

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1 He had scarcely had time to draw the curtains when there was a small , familiar tap at the door .
2 She had been so terrifically busy lately that she had scarcely had time to go near the beach , except for odd moments snatched while she was shopping .
3 You 've scarcely had time to see a thing . ’
4 Dyson scarcely had time to stride up and down the office that morning , lecturing Bob on the importance of television , but he was in great form all the same .
5 He was so occupied with the accuracy of his record that he scarcely had time to pay attention to the narrative as a whole and it was n't until Evans fell silent that the statement jelled in his mind .
6 I scarcely had time to close it before he was upon me .
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