Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 3 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 4 | Now I have discovered the waiting time at North Riding Infirmary in Middlesbrough is just two weeks . ’ |
| 5 | I have to look a second time |
| 6 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |
| 7 | But looking back on his past he can say simply : ‘ I have had a good time . ’ |
| 8 | Joel , 38 , who won Gola League title honours with Runcorn 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have had a good time as a player and I have decided that enough is enough . |
| 9 | ‘ I have had a great time at Sunderland , but I am ambitious and want to play in the Premier League . |
| 10 | You and I have had a great time over the last 32 years … most of the time . |
| 11 | ‘ I have had a wonderful time trying to select flowers that will complement each of you . |
| 12 | I have taken a little time to sketch the history of paragraph 16.5 of Code C in order to show that it is not directly linked to the ancient and deep-rooted privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 13 | But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising — even if you have to wait a little time for it . |
| 14 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , not exactly , I mean , I did n't think that carefully … but you have had a rough time , you must admit . ’ |
| 16 | We hope you have had a pleasant time wherever you have been . |
| 17 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 18 | Exactly you have to think a long time . |
| 19 | ‘ You have chosen a good time . |
| 20 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
| 21 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 22 | If any are received erm by the cutoff date , then it has to be my my submission that we have to have a reasonable time to respond . |
| 23 | Er we have to have a reasonable time to respond . |
| 24 | Ceauşescu admitted at the beginning of the 1980s that it was easier to change the economy and society than people themselves : ‘ As you can see , we have had an easy time constructing factories . |
| 25 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 26 | ‘ They have picked the wrong time to ask , ’ one member says . |
| 27 | After all , they have had a long time to become used to them . |
| 28 | for referral to the Parliamentary Commissioner or a Local Councillor for referral to the Local Commissioner , although it must be remembered that the Local Commissioner can only investigate after a complaint has been brought to the attention of the authority complained against and they have had a reasonable time to reply . |