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 .
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