Example sentences of "had [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lost 203-186 on aggregate , and on the long cost-saving coach drive back to Lancashire the players had ample time to contrast their status with that of Monaco . |
| 2 | His father was a farmer with advanced agricultural views who lived until the age of 88 , so that his son , who farmed with him , had ample time and restless energy to travel the country and buy pigs , sheep , horses and cattle with the aim of deliberately improving them . |
| 3 | After O-levels there was still a month of term to go , a month in which I had ample time to devote myself to my obsession . |
| 4 | However , the tilting process and inundation that accompanied it were so gradual that most existing forms of wildlife had ample time to escape from or adapt to the changes . |
| 5 | After school my father used to accompany him on his rounds in the car , and during these journeys they had ample time to exchange ideas without being overheard . |
| 6 | In her shorthand book , WPC Wright had ample time to write the word that Downes now shrieked ; write it in in long-hand , and in capitals . |
| 7 | When the students had free time she used to like to go down to Camberwell to a flower seller who sold mimosa , which is a kind of wattle . |
| 8 | And I 've got to say this , in some cases I had additional time as a shop steward and a convenor , to spend on major problems er affecting the incentive scheme . |
| 9 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 10 | In the description phase subjects viewed each film split into five second sections , after five seconds had been viewed the experimenter paused the video recording showing the subject a blank blue field , the subject then had unlimited time to describe the situation they had viewed and the events that had taken place . |
| 11 | It is better to report that you had insufficient time to collect certain data than to produce half baked results . |
| 12 | They themselves had insufficient time to offer this kind of support , as their energies were fully focused upon " new " project schools , and as in the case of the Major Project , the evaluators conclude that this is a key issue for projects of this type . |
| 13 | When I had spare time , but if you 'd If it was decent weather you 'd have to give a hand in the garden at home you see ? |
| 14 | Early medieval church music was all plain chant , in which the notes had fluid time values . |
| 15 | , because unusually he had sufficient time to compose and measure his shot . |
| 16 | In any case , few men or women had sufficient time or energy after long hours of farm labouring or housework to devote to a garden or allotment . |
| 17 | Since under Israeli law a minister 's dismissal only took effect 48 hours after the initial announcement was made , government politicians had sufficient time to reach a solution to the crisis . |