Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [indef pn] [prep] time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | I had plenty of time to explore it , but it does n't go anywhere . |
2 | It was early evening when I got into London 's vehicular scrummage and I had plenty of time to see Toby in hospital . |
3 | I had plenty of time to wonder why these violent attacks happened , first the fire in Mr Rochester 's room , and now a physical attack on a stranger . |
4 | With my head bent over the sink I had plenty of time to work out my options . |
5 | I had plenty of time to think this through as I sat in my leisure jam that Sunday . |
6 | It was a pleasant thirty-two miles out to the private sanatorium operated by Dr. Hugo Zimmerman , and I had plenty of time to think about him . |
7 | you could have done it she had plenty of time to do it . |
8 | The summer holidays had begun and she had plenty of time to spend in the shop , helping Mr Evans and watching him and wondering … |
9 | She had plenty of time to think it over during a sleepless night , and on the train in the morning . |
10 | She had plenty of time to ponder things last night after flying off to Perth where she and Jeremy Bates are the stand-bys for next week 's Hopman Cup . |
11 | While you waited to see me , you had plenty of time to reflect on just how good I had to be to afford a suite of offices like this one . |
12 | We landed in Bangkok this is where we had to change planes , there was about an hour and a half wait so we had plenty of time to look around the duty free . |
13 | As very small children , too , we had lots of time to get things done in the same pattern . |
14 | By now it was the morning of the fourth day and West Indies had a lead of 164 ; clearly quick runs were needed to make sure they had plenty of time to bowl England out again . |
15 | He 'd plenty of time to go up to Jubilee Wood . |
16 | The secret of Adam 's sexual success with women was simple : he took plenty of time to stroke or massage , to make sure that his partner was completely relaxed before they made love . |
17 | He had plenty of time to come back . ’ |
18 | He had plenty of time to prepare this great phrase , for the outrage was said to have happened in 1731 and he was not asked about it until 1738 , but the delay led to no awkward questions ; by the late 1730s Parliament was growing increasingly annoyed with Spanish interference with British trade , and it was not willing to let Walpole go on with his peaceful policy . |