Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | The issue of conscription was a particularly tender one for the union , for it had for some time been under pressure from the Admiralty over breaches of the obligation of seamen , nominally enforced by the Board of Trade , that sailors should be on board their ships on time and hence not delay sailings . |
| 32 | To such an end it had for some time been seeking to intensify contacts with both Tehran and Baghdad . |
| 33 | It had at one time been a larger crude producer than Saudi Arabia , with an output in 1964 of 2.3 million b/d against the Saudi 1.9 million b/d , only being overtaken in 1966 . |
| 34 | He had for some time , in the instinctive darkness of his mind in which so many heterogeneous problems were circulating , been wondering how , in what undramatic , as it were casual , not yet significant context he might utter them . |
| 35 | R. A. Butler , one of the Conservative Party 's chief spokesmen on foreign affairs , stated in the House of Commons on 27 February 1947 that he had for some time regarded Korea ‘ as perhaps the greatest danger spot for peace in the Far East ’ . |
| 36 | He had been able to join in mathematical discussion with the English he had at that time . |
| 37 | By taking my hand and giving signs , he had at one time wanted me to come to his house — an invitation no doubt to show his friendship . |
| 38 | I believe he had at one time worked with Cizek and he certainly knew of Tagore 's work and writing . |
| 39 | He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his . |
| 40 | There was Miss Sharon Hughes with whom the deceased had been very friendly and who , it is said , he had at one time wanted to marry . |
| 41 | He had at one time suspected his mother of doing precisely this . |
| 42 | Mr Hewitt , dying of cancer in hospital , said to Mrs Sen — his close friend for thirty years , with whom he had at one time cohabited — " The house is yours , Margaret . |
| 43 | These days he felt happier than he had at any time in his life . |
| 44 | Bigwig was racing back across the field , looking more agitated than he had at any time since the encounter with Captain Holly . |
| 45 | A little over an hour later , Harry felt more in control of events than he had at any time since Heather 's disappearance . |
| 46 | He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met . |
| 47 | He had by this time divorced his first wife . |
| 48 | He had by this time been child factory worker , apprentice framework knitter and short-term seaman , so his reaction is significant . |
| 49 | The ladies murmured reluctant agreement , since most of them had at one time or another tried to oust her from at least one of the appointments which they themselves coveted . |
| 50 | A further survey of men in the Camberwell Reception Centre one night in 1965 found that a quarter of them had at one time been in mental hospitals and a further quarter were heavily dependent on alcohol . |
| 51 | All of us have at one time or another contributed to the Great Bores of Today , with our moans of the other night when we sat down to watch television and ‘ there was nothing on ’ . |