Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] [det] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , after going full circle , AIB finished up in 1983 in the Department of Transport which seems to me to be where it should have remained all the time . |
| 2 | Mr Major therefore made a stab at the second — though it might seem that after 11 years in office , Mrs Thatcher 's radical government should have had all the time it needed for tax reform . |
| 3 | He had been batting steadily and was well set , and since England , 328 ahead with three wickets left , were apparently in control they should have used all the time available to build up their score . |
| 4 | Certainly Mike had all the time in the world to launch a right hook , but Patsy also must have had all the time in the world to see it , for he simply swayed back on his heels and the punch missed by over a foot . |
| 5 | ‘ Is there any well known author you do n't know already with whom you 'd like to spend all the time I have to spend with him ? ’ asked Roger plaintively . |