Example sentences of "[pers pn] has [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She should know because she has competed three times , once dressed as a fairy who thumbed a lift from a passing coach full of male senior citizens , which really made their day . |
| 2 | However , Brenda 's contribution to the argument at lines 11 – 13 — which she has signalled several times with Standard " I always say , right " — involves a switch from London English to Creole . |
| 3 | He has said many times that he does n't believe American public opinion will withstand the return of a lot of body bags . |
| 4 | He has played 10 times for Wales . |
| 5 | The Prince 's racing manager , Grant Pritchard-Gordon , said : ‘ He has run three times on soft and each run has proved conclusively that he does n't like it . ’ |
| 6 | Thirty five today , there would be no better birthday present than the sort of start he has made each time he won here — a 66 in 1980 and a 68 in 1983 . |
| 7 | He has written three times to Monika Kocanek ‘ deeply regretting the hurt I have caused ’ — and a mystery £100 has now been paid into her bank account in Bedford . |
| 8 | He has won 12 times on the European Tour and 17 times in all during his career and will always be remembered as the man who holed the putt to win the Ryder Cup at the Belfry in 1985 . |
| 9 | Martin Pipe has declared a powerful team for Monday 's Coral Welsh National , a race he has won three times in the last four years . |
| 10 | Peter : What he 's done today is buy himself a little time , his troubles are n't over , Mrs Thatcher still casts her shadow over this conference he still has problems inside and outside the cabinet but he has bought some time . |
| 11 | This personal stamp is partly created by the unique range of Burrows ’ influences — British folk dance from his training at the Royal Ballet School , ballet itself , and at the opposite extreme the minimal , unburnished style of Rosemary Butcher , with whom he has performed several times . |
| 12 | In this they were wrong , for he has shown many times that he can fight as well as anyone . |
| 13 | He has had ample time to understand what the world wants him to do . |
| 14 | Property expert Kevin Dibben said : ‘ It 's a nice house but he has spent more time and effort on the property than it is worth . |
| 15 | It is a movement he has used many times and which is perhaps seen at its best in the pas de deux to the Meditation from Thai-s created for Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley ; in A Month in the Country when Natalia dances with the Tutor to express her emotions ; and in Les Deux Pigeons in the final pas de deux , when the Young Man has returned to The Girl and tenderly dances with her in his arms ( see page 83 ) . |
| 16 | For some unknown reason it has moved eleven times . |
| 17 | It has saved much time and effort in the long run . |
| 18 | In the past two and half years it has risen four times in real terms to pay for the publication of more and more glossy pamphlets such as the parents charter — party political propaganda produced at the taxpayers ' expense . |
| 19 | So I did record it again ; let's see how far it has gone this time ! |
| 20 | If the one about the little drummer boy under Richmond Castle has appeared once it has appeared 1000 times , which is 1000 times more than anybody has heard the strains of the drum from under the place . |
| 21 | The difficulty with all this is cost as , despite the Lands Tribunal decision , there is nothing to prevent the Capital Taxes Office from raising a new demand based on fresh grounds , as it has done many times during the past 11 years . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the sheer quantity of nitrate fertilizer that is applied to much farmland — and it has increased five times since the 1930s — ; creates problems from the surface run-off of rainwater which finds its way into drainage channels and ditches and eventually into streams and rivers . |
| 23 | It has started first time without exception so far , and pulls smoothly when cold . |
| 24 | ‘ It has to end some time , Ace . |
| 25 | Since 1961 , it has happened 17 times in 31 seasons , or over half : a remarkable proportion given the economic imbalance that has developed already within English football during the last 31 years . |
| 26 | Lawrence added : ‘ We have played five games against First Division sides this season and it has taken extra time in the fifth for us to be defeated . |
| 27 | London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it . |
| 28 | I 'm hoping that it has worked this time . |