Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 Dr Myerscough said : ‘ I have tried to put myself in the consultant 's shoes in this situation and I think his apparent instinct that he thought the time had come to induce labour was correct . ’
2 Then , just over two years later , John announced at the AGM ( which we use as an opportunity to set spiritual and practical goals for the year to come ) that he felt the time had come for church number three .
3 A forty-year madness , he had called it , one which had laid waste the best years of her young life ; yet he was back in the thick of his obsession now , and so elated by his own recent progress that he lacked the time to ask about her own .
4 In his budget speech Neville Chamberlain had justified a £10 increase in the tax allowance for second and subsequent children by saying that he saw a time not too far distant ‘ when countries of the British Empire will be crying out for more citizens of the right breed , and when we in this country shall not be able to supply the demand .
5 Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way .
6 Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way .
7 Fortunately for Napoleon III , Alexander II was so involved for the next six years with the internal reconstruction of his Empire , which the Crimean War had shown to be lamentably weak , that he had no time for a ‘ forward ’ policy in Europe which might thwart French designs .
8 It struck Nutty that he had no time to take cars for joy-rides any longer , content to flake out in the thick straw in a corner of Firelight 's box after evenings of running and riding and swimming .
9 The day after that , a man came in and very loudly said that he had no time for God , but he wanted a colouring book for the children of his Greek neighbours , to show his acceptance of them .
10 Wolfgang replied indignantly that he had no time to write because he was so busy : he got up at six , had his hair dressed , and then composed until nine , after which he gave lessons until lunchtime .
11 After a spring and summer during which he was so busy with his ordinary duties that he had no time to himself at all — not even his evenings — he returned again to America in the late autumn of 1950 .
12 Recognizing that he had no time to position his own gun , Howard ducked down , the enemy gun already beginning to flare at one end .
13 Then he pulled her to him , and kissed her and this time stayed kissing her , and when she did not struggle , he pressed on , and went down to the ground with her and months of longing for her flooded him almost instantly , so that he had no time to swing with her long , cool firmness as he had dreamed of so often , but the instant release in contact with her swept away all his turbulence .
14 Had n't he admitted it — that he had no time for love ?
15 To Charles he was an indispensable source of wisdom and experience and he relished the time spent in his company .
16 I had been invited there by George Every , and he chose a time when Eliot would be coming up too .
17 ‘ I do n't want to leave Ana , ’ she confessed quietly and he had no time to do anything other than look at her intently because Ana walked in at that moment , looking bright and determined .
18 When I went to that rodeo with Jerry and I was n't home until after midnight , Harry did n't even ask me why I was so late — and he knew the time because he 'd been down to see if Islay 's foal was better .
19 If Jewish control could not be challenged constitutionally it would have to be done by acts of Steel ; and he saw the time approaching when , like the mayor of Bethlehem , he would have to arm his son against the Jews .
20 His thoughts often centred on the foot of the horse , and he wasted no time in his introductory lecture before remarking on the correlation of structure and function that was exhibited by the frog of the foot .
21 Then brother Jack strolled in and he wasted no time in chatting them up .
22 He returned to England in mid-September but then , to add to his physical woes , he suffered an attack of arthritis : it required massage and he resented the time he had to spend travelling to and from the masseur .
23 At least he would have hot water that night when he returned home — if he had the time to return home .
24 But he had no time to dwell on these particular miseries , for an immense storm broke and his own ship , the Trinidad , and the Victoria alongside , were themselves imperilled .
25 But he had no time for idle speculation .
26 Her anguished reply appeared to give him pause , but he had no time to follow it up , as the organ began to play the triumphal entry of the Queen of Sheba .
27 His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ?
28 Henry told Donald some of this , as he did every time he and Donald used the pub , and Donald nodded and smiled and said : ‘ Really !
29 As he did every time Henry told him these things .
30 He had booked for the full residential weekend , as he did every time one was held .
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