Example sentences of "[adv] had [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just had time for a quick glance into its shelf-ridden depths before it closed , and I saw room after room , opening vistas of eternal reading to my gaze . |
| 2 | He just had time for a quick coffee ( it was now or never ) , and in the time I took to refill the kettle and put coffee into two clean mugs , I 'd told him . |
| 3 | When he set up his shop he already had plans for a town of books . |
| 4 | ‘ When I came back from the war , we still had rationing for a few years . |
| 5 | The sweet trolley arrived , and he was dismayed to see she still had appetite for a generous wedge of Black Forest Gâteau . |
| 6 | And we go way back — way , way back , back to the time when you could still buy mono records , when kiwi fruit were yet to be devised , when the khaki-clad representative of the Automobile Association would salute the passing motorist , when a packet of Gold Flake cost a groat and a half and you still had change for a flagon of mead . |
| 7 | Jay always had time for a drink . |
| 8 | We even had space for a refreshment area behind the muffle boards at the back of the hall . |
| 9 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |