Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] they had [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before she could comment he made the point that people did not switch off anger once they had extricated themselves from the risk of further suffering , especially not if they had leisure to reflect on injustice . |
| 2 | When , with colleagues in the Department of Social Administration , I interviewed members of the divorcing population , they argued passionately that divorce was too easy ( or too difficult ) ; that everything was rushed through before they had time to think ( or that it dragged on interminably ) ; and that divorce should be morally neutral ( or that there should be an inquest in which every detail of their spouse 's despicable conduct was exposed to public view ) . |
| 3 | They learned also that they had privilege to complement their responsibilities , and they learned to deny that privilege absolutely . |
| 4 | They 'd get so much grain and they 'd eat it so quickly that it swelled out before they had time to digest it . |
| 5 | Life was not all work and no play for women any more than for men ; even if they had chores to do at home , the women compositors — who almost by definition young and/or unmarried — had the chance to escape duty for pleasure from time to time . |