Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 2 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
| 3 | Manager Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ Payton has had a torrid time . |
| 4 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 5 | Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener 's cat and later with the gardener . |
| 6 | The rest of the Peachtree side have had a mixed time . |
| 7 | But once again this ‘ temporary ’ extension of power and influence has lasted a long time , and the relative weighting of Diet , Cabinet , Bureaucracy and Judiciary remains a debated issue . |
| 8 | The former Charlton youngster has had a harrowing time at Wednesday since his £250,000 move in January last year — but is aiming to finally win over the Hillsborough boo-boys . |
| 9 | Strawberry had had a bad time . |
| 10 | Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time . |
| 11 | The fish have bred a few times but each time the fry have died . |
| 12 | Bowater has had a miserable time since joining the Footsie last week , the share price falling a good 10 p.c . |
| 13 | The increase in the dependency ratio has created a demographic time bomb , with the dependency ratio getting out of hand through the difficulty of a smaller tax base supporting a larger welfare burden . |
| 14 | If the hon. Gentleman had listened the last time we had Home Office questions he would know perfectly well that the standard spending assessment has been set in West Yorkshire to enable it to employ police officers up to the full establishment . |
| 15 | You know , you 'd think things had changed a long time ago but erm I remember having Chrissy in that yard when he was a baby in his pushchair where and there was the coalman 's horse and erm |
| 16 | Nicola had phoned a dozen times , without luck . |
| 17 | Do you not agree that you writers have had an easier time of it than we in the West , in a closed society where your cultural values are protected , albeit at a price ? |
| 18 | A prompt return to the social beat has ensured a trouble-free time thereafter |
| 19 | Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage . |
| 20 | He watched the young man 's face , now set in the sort of bored , practised , professional expression Grout had seen a hundred times before . |
| 21 | Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages . |
| 22 | In Britain , waiting times for being seen in an outpatient clinic , followed by those for surgery , ensure that most children have waited a considerable time before grommet insertion , adenoidectomy , or a combination can be performed . |
| 23 | ‘ The children have had a great time . |
| 24 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
| 25 | Sartori had disappeared a short time later . |
| 26 | WW has had a difficult time , suffering heavy losses on its glass side , but profits could be achieved this year . |
| 27 | And we talked of the Red Fort and how Pakeezah had cried the first time she went around it as a schoolgirl . |
| 28 | It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see . |
| 29 | In Jan. 1829 the company had asked a second time if Lady le Fleming might not offer some assistance in view of the great expense of development work . |
| 30 | These factors have created a demographic time bomb . |