Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the previous week the manor had cut the time to the summit by five minutes , but this was still two minutes short of the performance of No 75069 in June . |
| 2 | Walsh departed , and although Coleridge later refused to see the ‘ Spy Nozy ’ incident as other than ridiculous , the government 's unwanted attentions had marked a time of real danger , as John Thelwall , from bitter recent experience , could have warned . |
| 3 | If the time was deemed to be right , if the prospective bride had accepted and the parents had chosen a time , he would be married , that was sure . |
| 4 | It was not fair to say that he– parents had had no time for her or for Joe ; all four of the family had worked together , and , as the settlement grew , they had enjoyed churchgoing and Easters and Christmases with their neighbours . |
| 5 | No less important , the choice of 2nd May had left no time to consult them beforehand and they resented what appeared to be an arbitrary order . |
| 6 | Fakrid had entered the Time of Blood . |
| 7 | Isabel wondered when fitzAlan had found the time to pack up the garments . |
| 8 | Hugo Brassard confirmed with obvious reluctance that Georgina Newley had lost no time in taking control of her husband 's business after his disappearance . |
| 9 | Kopyion 's refusal to answer any of his previous questions had irritated the Time Lord . |
| 10 | The man 's wife had wasted no time going through his closets picking up worn and odd pairs . |
| 11 | He had already heard Osvaldo was dead — the malais had wasted no time in letting that he known — but the circumstances had been different . |
| 12 | Prime Minister Jan Olszewski said that his newly-formed government had had no time to prepare its own budget , and asked parliament " with a heavy heart and a true sense of responsibility " to accept the measures before it . |
| 13 | Otherwise the men had passed the time reading and keeping an eye out for aircraft . |
| 14 | Fleury turned away , sickened , for Chloe had wasted no time in bounding forward to eat away the sepoy 's face . |
| 15 | The Padre had wasted no time in equipping himself with fresh and healthy bearers and now had himself carried with exhilarating swiftness in a litter to where the Collector was standing with the General . |
| 16 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 17 | ‘ If only Jimmy Knapp and his union colleagues had taken the time to read our manifesto , they would have realised this and saved themselves undoubted embarrassment . ’ |
| 18 | I was thrilled that someone as important as the Archbishop of Canterbury had taken the time to call me , although I could n't help but think it odd that an Archbishop was now leaving messages on the same answering machine as my mum . |
| 19 | His mother had had no time for him , and his father disapproved of him . |