Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where politicians have challenged him , he has outmanoeuvred them until such time as he perceived his work to be done ; and then — Vienna 1964 , Berlin 1989 — he simply and quickly stepped aside to move on to fresh projects . |
| 2 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 3 | PLAYER : ( Acknowledging the description with a sweep of his hat , bowing : sadly ) You should have caught us in better times . |
| 4 | She says she just could n't have made it through those times without the support of her actor boyfriend , Robert Lugan . |
| 5 | Once you have completed your design , you must ensure that you cover it with a sheet of glass should you have to leave it at any time . |
| 6 | ‘ He would n't have to tell them at this time of night . |
| 7 | He obviously had never heard of the Order of Merit or I am quite sure he would have mentioned it at that time . |
| 8 | ‘ Well I never , ’ thought Tom , ‘ The Captain really seems to have pulled it off this time ! ’ |
| 9 | You had to wear them at certain times . |
| 10 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 11 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 12 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 13 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 14 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 15 | Before he had become involved with Sien he had used her for some time as a model . |
| 16 | There was a fairly large number of letters about him , sent in the last few months both to Jackson 's and to Viola Machin by people who had known him at one time or another . |
| 17 | Tshisekedi , of the Democratic Union for Social Progress , had been offered the post in July but had refused it at that time [ see pp. 38323-24 ] . |
| 18 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |
| 19 | In a letter to Charles Empson , the Newcastle bookseller , dated 1 October 1831 , when he was eight parts into the Parrots , and Gould , who had overtaken him by this time , was already ten parts into his own publication , Lear complains : |
| 20 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 21 | His family have attended him at all times with considerable devotion . ’ |
| 22 | He 's said it about three times , on last year 's Channel 4 series Paul Merton The Series , and he grafted it , unnaturally , onto his screen persona very much as an anti-catchphrase , as a joke joke . |
| 23 | But f f f for many people Judy I mean th people will look to you with some degree of er of admiration and maybe some degree of of envy that you do have that strong faith that 's that 's helped you through those times . |
| 24 | I have told you about ten times I have not got a pen . |