Example sentences of "[noun] have [art] time " in BNC.

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31 But the Collector had no time to worry about the locomotion of corpses ; this doorway had to be held until the defenders on the other side of the staircase had made good their retreat .
32 And of course the dreadful thought gnawing at him like a rat , that he refused to allow into his conscious mind , was the fear that she might already be complete in herself , and because of her love for her dead husband have no time for his helpless need , just as his mother had once been complete , in her sorrowful love for the stillborn Vincent who had preceded him .
33 Normative rulings , then , do not apply to a fixed role apart from the incumbent ; they can be developed only as individuals have the time and occasion to become familiar with each others ' past history and future intentions .
34 And Sacha says his marriage has survived because his wife has no time for the hype .
35 The cuckoo has no time to settle low in the nest and her egg often falls a little distance .
36 But Joicey had no time for such pleasantries .
37 But Van Cheele had no time to talk about the beautiful sky .
38 I guess i have to start watching these games again sometime soon — have nt seen them for years — i could relive the period — watching the games and sending out match reports to rec.sport.soccer the day after — 4 years after the events took place — sort of a madmans project i guess … but could have been — really — fun if i had the time ( ie no work & no wife/kid … )
39 ‘ Scottish chartered accountants have no time for rotten apples in their professional barrel . ’
40 But the Ahlbergs have no time for literal interpretations of their work .
41 Mr Eysenck has no time for English diffidence .
42 Recession is biting at Softwright Systems , but Nick Durrant has no time to brood over it .
43 Have n't I arranged with my father to have the time off ?
44 Amidst the din of the machines , in his narrow sphere of activity , Antoine had no time to go through human motions other than the motions of his work .
45 Birdies , butchers and fools They called Forman a Zionist and Menzel a pornographer — Moscow 's stooges had no time for the Czech New Wave .
46 Lady Street had returned to what must have been normal for any morning at this time ; the delivery vans had gone , there was sporadic traffic in the one-way street , and people had no time to stand about gawping at the bookshop though they slowed their pace in passing and tried to look in without appearing to do so .
47 ‘ It was hopeless , ’ said Nina , ‘ people had no time between bouts of sickness to answer our questions about why they wanted to go to Scotland . ’
48 He did not believe God had the time to interfere in the petty affairs of men .
49 A new hermit was supposed to get a licence or blessing from his bishop , but Rolle had no time for these forms .
50 Jack had no time for the dark night of the soul .
51 But now Duvall had the time , the training , the balance and the strength to deliver a kick to Jimmy 's midriff ; a controlled kick that had all of Duvall 's force behind it , from the hip .
52 The development of such further educational and training opportunities is encouraged and engineering employers should ensure that their staff have the time to keep up–to–date in this way .
53 Over-50s have a time allowance of 12 hours , over-60s have 18 hours and over-65s have 24 hours .
54 This Government has no time at all for the poor and even less time for people who become poor as a result of their savage policies , the policies which cause high interest rates , rising unemployment and all because of it 's obsession with inflation .
55 A governess has no time of her own , no friends , no one to talk to , and if she gets angry with the children , they just run to their mother .
56 So you see , Miss Abbott has no time .
57 I have to allow the songwriting people within this operation to have the time and security of mind to get on with their art .
58 Constance had no time to assess the bewildering exchange of tone that the lunch party had taken before Giancarlo was walking towards her with a vivacious woman by his side who was busily blowing kisses and calling ‘ Ciao ’ to the tables she passed .
59 It all happened so fast that Jenna had no time to move .
60 Glyn 's training suddenly got the better of him , but Jenna had no time to reply — the Frenchman did that smartly .
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