Example sentences of "[adv] had time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because we 've been talking for a while so had time for it to evaporate . |
| 2 | Even though she had only had time to glimpse the devastation that had been wrought , she knew that it had been a professional job , carried out by men who would leave no trace behind them . |
| 3 | There are many possible causes of trade cycles and we have only had time to consider some of the major ones in this chapter . |
| 4 | But I had meanwhile had time to think . |
| 5 | He had scarcely had time to draw the curtains when there was a small , familiar tap at the door . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | You 've scarcely had time to see a thing . ’ |
| 8 | Xanthe spread out the soft folds of her skirt and looked at them as Miranda quickly splashed water into her armpits , round her neck , on her face , muttering , ‘ I wish I 'd just had time to wash my hair . ’ |
| 9 | She had been so busy with her dress house in Rome , coping with her designer , planning for the future and ensuring that everyone in the business was kept happy — each of which seemed a full-time job in itself — that she had hardly had time to spare for her three children , let alone her mother . |
| 10 | I had hardly had time to consider this problem : rip P J O'Rourke off , or get dressed , before the pilot jerked us into a vertical dive ? |
| 11 | We 've hardly had time to do anything , and now that you 're looking so wonderful … . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've hardly had time to open it yet . |
| 13 | Later while being dragged through the house she had noted the dark hair , the strongly built body , but had hardly had time to consider the possible age and attractiveness of her irate and unwilling host . |
| 14 | She 'd also had time to castigate herself for meekly following him inside . |
| 15 | She had n't really had time to set it straight since his father 's death . |
| 16 | I mean I wonder if we should be spending this much money on another wedding type advertising until we 've really had time to evaluate what we 're getting from the bridal magazine . |
| 17 | I have n't really had time . |
| 18 | erm well we have n't really had time yet to see his approach erm to Europe . |
| 19 | I have now had time to reflect on whether the inherent constraints of working within the structure of a commission can appreciatively reduce the impact of a painting . |
| 20 | As the Prime Minister has now had time to appreciate the significance that Scots attach to the phrase ’ taking stock ’ , will he elaborate on what that means in the Scottish constitutional set-up ? |
| 21 | I was just dishing up the ravioli and he had n't even had time to take his helmet off when Nutty stormed in , drunk as a fiddler . |
| 22 | He surfaced , briefly , but the swell rolled him over and drove him down again before he 'd even had time to draw breath . |
| 23 | Staff are so busy making the dinosaurs they they have n't even had time to work out how many they 've sold |
| 24 | BEFORE the concrete foundations of the stage have even had time to set , and while the great steel girders of the fly tower are still being erected , Edinburgh Festival Theatre is receiving a succession of visitors from the leading opera and dance companies in Britain . |
| 25 | Maybe selection has n't yet had time to do its work . |
| 26 | According to her own account , which we have n't yet had time to check but there 's no particular reason to doubt , she 's twenty-five years old , single , and works in the millinery trade in Mannheim . |
| 27 | There was the point that the scientific community had not yet had time to confirm the phenomenon but this was dealt with summarily with a warning that would , in the following months , become a knee-jerk response of Utah fusion aficionados . |
| 28 | No mention was made of my helping with the editing , and when I enquired , I was told the programme was nowhere near that stage yet ; in fact , the producer had not yet had time to listen to the — what must be by now — at least four hours of tape . |
| 29 | This is most likely to occur in weak sappy growth that has grown fairly recently , like a flower stem , and where leaves on that stem have not yet had time to make the carbohydrates and store the energy in the storage cells of the node . |
| 30 | By the way , I have received copies of the Dyfed consultation drafts on golf courses and windfarms , although I have not yet had time to read them . |