Example sentences of "[conj] have [verb] the time " in BNC.
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1 | True ‘ living fossils ’ are really rather rare , and the term can be applied to both simple and highly complex organisms that have outlived the time when the earth was populated with many more of their kind . |
2 | He lost his hair through chemotherapy treatment and has spent the time since recovering from the disease , which spread to his lungs . |
3 | He had fled abroad when Mary Tudor succeeded , and had passed the time writing letters of consolation to English Protestants , and , in 1554 , a savage attack on the English government , the Admonition to England . |
4 | She apologised of course ; I gathered she 'd been talking quilts with a fellow enthusiast and had forgotten the time . |
5 | They escaped the scene of a massacre just a week ago , and have used the time since to come to terms with their ordeal . |