Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [vb pp] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't erm the other day I thought to myself I 'll walk up , see if that shop 's still there and by the time , you know er I was dreaming obviously , and I 'd walked by , I 'd got time actually , I was killing time so er I thought oh you silly I said er you 've still not er found out , so I went back and it is there but it 's not some , it 's not a shop |
| 2 | When we were north of the border recently for the Scottish Music Show , before I 'd had time to look round myself , people were rushing over to describe a monster the like of which they 'd never before seen . |
| 3 | If I 'd had time to think I do n't know how I would have felt . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish I 'd had time to make that tea , ’ Mrs Bennet said . |
| 5 | ‘ I wish I 'd had time to read what Canon Wheeler had written on Jefferson all the same . |
| 6 | I said the first thing that came into my mind , but once I 'd had time to think everything through I realised what a mistake I 'd made . |
| 7 | If I 'd had time to think , I would have used my bat , but when I saw the ball , it was just about to start its downward path . |
| 8 | And I would have got it together if I 'd had time had gone out to work instead of for days on end being unemployed and sitting and telling me about Karen . |
| 9 | I turned my head away quickly , but I had had time to take in another feature — his rather sharp , small nose that looked as if it might have been broken in a boxing match . |
| 10 | I would have gladly done so , if I had had time . |
| 11 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
| 12 | ‘ No ; the police came to see me before I had had time to make other arrangements . |
| 13 | Besides , I had had time to pick up the late edition . |
| 14 | The trouble was , Alexandra thought , walking into her kitchen wrapped in a bath sheet , the trouble was that you could n't really go with the flow until you 'd had time to work out which way it was going . |
| 15 | I did n't think you 'd had time to take Tracy … you came back so soon — ’ |
| 16 | However , after she 'd had time to calm down , Susan returned to the salon the next day to try to get her money back . |
| 17 | She took a sip of wine before she 'd had time to wonder whether that might be wise . |
| 18 | The words were impulsive , out before she 'd had time to vet them . |
| 19 | He asked if she 'd had time to think about it . |
| 20 | Then , before she 'd had time to express her thanks , he 'd touched her cheek briefly with his warm , dry lips and stridden away , leaving her feeling lonely and bereft , the small box clasped in her hand . |
| 21 | Once she 'd discovered her pregnancy she 'd had time to think , to plan . |
| 22 | That was what had caused it , of course , of that she was convinced , or would be once she 'd had time to work on it ! |
| 23 | She did n't want him to see it until she 'd had time to think . |
| 24 | Afterwards , when he drew her close , she went to sleep almost before she 'd had time to savour the pleasure of lying in his arms . |
| 25 | The inquest heard she had spent time in council care as a child and feared something similar might happen again . |
| 26 | Mother and Father had seemed pleased that she had spent time having coffee with Sean . |
| 27 | It was years since she had spent time alone with her father . |
| 28 | Before leaving London that morning she had spent time at the hairdresser 's . |
| 29 | Perhaps Rachel did too , or would do when she had had time to work it out . |
| 30 | As he saw her , he stretched out his arms and lifted her up before she had had time to reach the bottom step . |