Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Reynolds often looked tired and anxious during the days preceding his operation and it was important that the ward nurses gave him opportunities to ask questions and express his fears and also ensured that he had time to rest . |
| 2 | Charles persuaded a rather grudging Miles that he had time for a quick bath before they left . |
| 3 | counsel accepting an unseen brief at short notice is guilty of improper conduct as it was improbable that he had time to grasp properly the issues involved . |
| 4 | Others may be surprised that he found time to work on a feature while promoting a top ten hit in ‘ Groovy Train ’ . |
| 5 | The Profitboss makes sure that he finds time for them all , never espousing twelve-hour working days as a routine . |
| 6 | The wonder is perhaps that he has time to do any writing and research at all after running two companies — Pluto Press ( Australia ) and PR agency Social Change Media — and with partner Stephanie Dowrick , also a writer , bringing up two children . |
| 7 | Perhaps once he had time to spare from his new duties , he would check up . |
| 8 | The few new moves ( the draughtboard ) he had figured out — Christ and he had time and more — in his convalescence . |
| 9 | He was quite harmless , and he had time for them . |
| 10 | Each time there was a pause in his routine and he had time to think , the Captain was reminded that there were a good many things about this case that did n't ring true . |
| 11 | The last lay off ( remember after being selected for England ) shook him up a bit and he took time to get his confidence back , but again towards the end of the season was getting back to his best . |
| 12 | Correspondents previously mentioned were independent gentlemen to whom Miller paid due deference and where little deviation detracted from the subject discussed ; whereas with Butcher , another employee , his tone was far less formal and he found time to dwell on his health , the weather and even mentioned his own servant . |
| 13 | And he wanted time to ready himself , that most of all . |
| 14 | It sounded a pleasant , civilised household to settle in until he had time to look around him and decide about the future . |
| 15 | But not if he had time to think what it would do to his career . ’ |
| 16 | He began to paint feverishly , as if he had time to make up . |
| 17 | There was need on Ewan Beg to be silent and row till we were through the narrows , but he had time after that . |
| 18 | He had told his wife that morning over breakfast in their bungalow on the edge of Barashevo and within faint sight of the outer wooden fence of Zone I , that he stood to gain a great prize … not tomorrow , not next week , but he had time , he had months of time to break this bastard . |
| 19 | But he has time to walk up and down the room only five times , telling Felicity what Prue said , before the phone rings again . |
| 20 | But he needs time or money … and there 's no money . |
| 21 | and you 're just fighting , but he needs time skills in which to do things . |
| 22 | Moreover , few British schools at present include private study periods on the timetable , except for the sixth form , so the teacher knows that his students can only see the sequence in breaks and before and after school , unless he allows time in his own assigned periods with them . |
| 23 | Quinn knew already , and that was a saving grace because he had time to prepare an answer in the event Zack called . |
| 24 | He decided to sell it because he wanted time to look for other things and because whichever organisation bought it would automatically attract people who would want to study it for different scientific reasons . |
| 25 | The laughter , the irritation , of the rest of the team who were unloading while he wasted time — none of it mattered . |
| 26 | Aristotle also doubted whether there could be time without thinking beings , since he regarded time as not merely succession but ‘ succession in so far as it is numbered ’ , and nothing can be numbered unless there is someone to do the counting . |
| 27 | Unable to stand it any longer , Sheila went up to him and before he had time to react seized both envelopes , feverishly tearing open her own and handing the other to Mona , who appeared almost unable to take it . |
| 28 | When he finally got her on the phone , she only asked him how he was then said she had to rush , and put the receiver down before he had time to tell her . |
| 29 | Before he had time to think , Tug began to talk , quickly and nervously . |
| 30 | Before he had time to consider his own question , his train of thought was interrupted by Emily . |