Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | With entire responsibility for teaching and discipline , Hill had little time for original work ; but his edition ( 1816 ) of Artis Logicae Compendium by Henry Aldrich [ q.v. ] proved an acceptable university textbook , reaching a sixth edition in 1850 . |
| 2 | Not that Bobby had much time for sea-bathing . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It looks as though Richard had some time ago given up his insistence that Angoulême should be inherited by Vulgrin 's daughter Matilda . |
| 5 | The rabbits in front went fast and Hazel had little time to sniff about as he followed . |
| 6 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 7 | WHEN a rare lung infection ended Jim Henson 's life , his son Brian had little time for grief . |
| 8 | Cassie had little time to notice much , other than the magnificent hair and the brilliance of the gems , before the woman moved out of sight . |
| 9 | Medicine was riddled with superstition and ignorance and Hahnemann had little time for blood-letting , either by venesection or the application of leeches ; the violent purges with emetics and enemas , aimed at ridding the body of the disease-producing influences ; and the host of concoctions of various substances , many of which , such as arsenic or mercury , were highly toxic . |
| 10 | Boyle was one of the few Tories for whom Crosland had any time . |
| 11 | But Lisa had less time for her , and was meeting new people , refining a way of living that even a year ago she would have claimed to despise . |
| 12 | If only she and Michael had more time together , time for her feelings to rise close enough to the surface for her to be sure of what they were . |