Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has spent her free time researching the book and is now looking for a publisher . |
| 2 | Ven would love it if , though he 'd given her ample time , she kept him waiting . |
| 3 | It was clear that Alistair Bruce and John Moir would have to devote their entire time to preparing the case for the four families . |
| 4 | In the normal run of things , had a verbal warning been necessary — which it certainly was n't — then it was without question that Naylor Massingham would certainly not have wasted his precious time on such trips , but would have delegated one of his underlings to do it . |
| 5 | I fear that , through momentary inattention , or a moralistic rejection of the evidence , I may have wasted your valuable time . ’ |
| 6 | She did n't know if they had given themselves sufficient time to think things over before they married — that was the kind of question her sister Louise asked . |
| 7 | He tried to hide the crease of worry on his features , but when she asked him whether the debtors had given him extra time he frowned and shook his head . |
| 8 | Her blue skirt and jacket made her eyes look like azure pools , and she had given herself extra time to wash her hair , which now framed her face with tendrils of spun gold . |
| 9 | She had kept her looks and her health , and had spent her free time productively with a variety of projects and committees . |
| 10 | It had taken her precious time to track down the people Lori had stayed with , only to discover , when she arrived , that Lori had flown off to Caracas . |
| 11 | Mrs Coates said : ‘ We have had a lot of support getting this set up , many local firms have contributed and a lot of people have given their free time . |
| 12 | Actually , we have earned our quiet time , for six months continuously in action is enough for anybody … ’ |
| 13 | The Germans have made it clear time and again that ‘ in the field of monetary policy the principle of subsidiarity does not apply ’ . |
| 14 | On to the present , and whatever the political and academic motivations behind the all-embracing National Curriculum , there is no doubt that it has had one overriding effect : it has demoralised teachers , and its prescriptive nature and reliance on testing have reduced their spare time and sapped their energy . |
| 15 | Only a few people can keep up with the rapidly advancing frontier of knowledge , and they have to devote their whole time to it and specialize in a small area . |
| 16 | Have to employ him full time . |