Example sentences of "he had [verb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here Revelstoke was in his element ; acute intelligence and charm , capacity for meticulous work , presence and eloquence , fluency in French and Spanish , and , above all , financial acumen made him a match for the wiliest of South American presidents , North American railway barons , European finance ministers , and the members of the British cabinet with all of whom he had to deal at one time or another . |
| 2 | He went home feeling better than he had done for some time but he died suddenly during sleep 3 days later , presumably from a breakthrough cardiac arrythmia . |
| 3 | He did n't come quite under the heading of despised male sex but she was sure he had done at one time . |
| 4 | The tearing pain returned and the doctor prescribed large doses of morphia which he had kept for this time . |
| 5 | It was four years since they had parted , and who knew how much he had changed during that time ? |
| 6 | He had known for some time that it was inevitable . |
| 7 | The mistake was made even more stupid by the fact that he had known for some time the big tides were due . |
| 8 | It had not been as he had dreamed at that time with the beloved of his youth : fame and glory , honour and victory . |