Example sentences of "[pers pn] have had time " in BNC.
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1 | When we were north of the border recently for the Scottish Music Show , before I 'd had time to look round myself , people were rushing over to describe a monster the like of which they 'd never before seen . |
2 | If I 'd had time to think I do n't know how I would have felt . |
3 | ‘ I wish I 'd had time to make that tea , ’ Mrs Bennet said . |
4 | ‘ I wish I 'd had time to read what Canon Wheeler had written on Jefferson all the same . |
5 | I said the first thing that came into my mind , but once I 'd had time to think everything through I realised what a mistake I 'd made . |
6 | If I 'd had time to think , I would have used my bat , but when I saw the ball , it was just about to start its downward path . |
7 | And I would have got it together if I 'd had time had gone out to work instead of for days on end being unemployed and sitting and telling me about Karen . |
8 | I turned my head away quickly , but I had had time to take in another feature — his rather sharp , small nose that looked as if it might have been broken in a boxing match . |
9 | I would have gladly done so , if I had had time . |
10 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
11 | ‘ No ; the police came to see me before I had had time to make other arrangements . |
12 | Besides , I had had time to pick up the late edition . |
13 | Then I think we 'll put these away until I 've had time to consider my position . |
14 | I 've had time to think while I 've been away . ’ |
15 | Lamb himself commented : ‘ I 've had England players on the phone telling me what 's in the Mirror before I 've had time to go out and buy the paper . |
16 | ‘ I 've had time to think now . |
17 | I 've had time enough to learn that . ’ |
18 | Well , stall him until I 've had time to have a dekko . |
19 | At last she began : ‘ I 've come to see things differently since I 've had time to think over what was in the will . |
20 | ‘ I 've had time to think it well and truly through in what has been the longest three quarters of an hour of my life between phone call and you getting here — and it just has to be you . |
21 | In fact , he wrote , I suspect that I will produce a better edition , one more worthy of its subject , now I have had time to mull over its implications and to watch the blossoming of your reputation . |
22 | The trouble was , Alexandra thought , walking into her kitchen wrapped in a bath sheet , the trouble was that you could n't really go with the flow until you 'd had time to work out which way it was going . |
23 | I did n't think you 'd had time to take Tracy … you came back so soon — ’ |
24 | However , after she 'd had time to calm down , Susan returned to the salon the next day to try to get her money back . |
25 | She took a sip of wine before she 'd had time to wonder whether that might be wise . |
26 | The words were impulsive , out before she 'd had time to vet them . |
27 | He asked if she 'd had time to think about it . |
28 | Then , before she 'd had time to express her thanks , he 'd touched her cheek briefly with his warm , dry lips and stridden away , leaving her feeling lonely and bereft , the small box clasped in her hand . |
29 | Once she 'd discovered her pregnancy she 'd had time to think , to plan . |
30 | That was what had caused it , of course , of that she was convinced , or would be once she 'd had time to work on it ! |