Example sentences of "had more time " in BNC.

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1 If only she and Michael had more time together , time for her feelings to rise close enough to the surface for her to be sure of what they were .
2 When she had become a teenager however , she had more time alone , and when she was alone it was so much harder to remember .
3 As a result his writing becomes less concerned with immediate political concerns and he had more time for reading and research .
4 The premature end to what could have been a professional ballet career meant that Carol at least had more time to devote to the blossoming courtship with a young accountant , Ron Minogue .
5 The one member of the CPNI who was centrally involved in NICRA was Betty Sinclair ; as secretary of the Belfast trades council she had more time to devote to it than trade-union officials like Banks and Harris .
6 Young people of the late sixties and early seventies who were more affluent , had more time and had grown up with an expectation of seeing more of the world , were able to travel far more easily than previous generations .
7 Chapman came back the next year , he said , because he had more time , not because the finances were in a muddle .
8 ‘ It 's alright , but I do wish I had more time to myself . ’
9 Free neutrons are unstable , with a half-life of about 11 minutes , so as observed , the intensity drops off with time as the slower-moving neutrons had more time to decay .
10 In the days when I had more time to spare I would read any book I could lay my hands on and particularly enjoyed anything about foreign lands .
11 Since culture did not hammer quite so hard on Mrs Frizzell 's door , she had more time to plan parties .
12 She had more time for dogs and horses than for children .
13 ‘ I wish you could have talked about this when we had more time , Adam . ’
14 They would wait until I had more time .
15 I wish I had more time for reading ; it means a lot to me . ’
16 ‘ If we had more time I 'd take you up on that challenge you 're issuing , my lady , ’ he growled , in a voice that had gone dark and soft .
17 So you reckon if you had more time to think about an overall , sort of , web , if you like , of
18 Everyone had more time in those days .
19 If you had more time round , you 'd use that sort of language with themselves .
20 ANOTHER POS : Children had more time to be educated .
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