Example sentences of "[vb past] ample time " in BNC.

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1 He explained that earning a living left little time for photography but holidays left ample time .
2 He explained that earning a living left little time for photography but holidays left ample time .
3 They lost 203-186 on aggregate , and on the long cost-saving coach drive back to Lancashire the players had ample time to contrast their status with that of Monaco .
4 His father was a farmer with advanced agricultural views who lived until the age of 88 , so that his son , who farmed with him , had ample time and restless energy to travel the country and buy pigs , sheep , horses and cattle with the aim of deliberately improving them .
5 After O-levels there was still a month of term to go , a month in which I had ample time to devote myself to my obsession .
6 However , the tilting process and inundation that accompanied it were so gradual that most existing forms of wildlife had ample time to escape from or adapt to the changes .
7 After school my father used to accompany him on his rounds in the car , and during these journeys they had ample time to exchange ideas without being overheard .
8 In her shorthand book , WPC Wright had ample time to write the word that Downes now shrieked ; write it in in long-hand , and in capitals .
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