Example sentences of "have [vb pp] time [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet another , fortunately quite rare , follows you around when it sees secateurs in your hands and drops a few eggs into the soft pith of the stem when you make a cut , before the cut wound has had time to callus and heal itself — another reason why you should always try to confine cutting to a fine dry day . |
| 2 | LYNNE Humes has taken time off work as a staff nurse at Darlington Memorial Hospital to start a family , and her son Anthony was born in January . |
| 3 | No doubt after six days of living in a trench , the dirt would have had time to grime itself in . |
| 4 | A national charity is claiming that many of the four thousand young Scots who become homeless this year will have spent time in care . |
| 5 | The opposite palazzo is private , but the view to the small arcaded courtyard , especially if it is sunlit , is enough to make you yearn to have spent time in Renaissance Milan . |
| 6 | The inquest heard she had spent time in council care as a child and feared something similar might happen again . |
| 7 | This lower use of hospital inpatient facilities was not accounted for by the older age of the people in residential homes although fewer of all those aged 85 or more had spent time in hospital — 64 per cent against 80 per cent of those under 85 . |
| 8 | His career had gone into an ignominious period following his deposition and he had spent time in prison in Kansas , fought bulls in Barcelona , performed stunts in circuses , played ‘ Othello ’ across the country and even boxed all-comers in exhibitions at the age of 68 years . |
| 9 | He 'd had ninety-one previous convictions , but was released because he had spent time in jail on remand . |
| 10 | Similarly , in the report of ‘ a sex beast nicknamed ‘ The Acne Kid ’ ’ ( Star ) , who boasted to the victim that he had just been freed from prison and said : ‘ I 've served time for rape before ’ , speculation about this possible link was scotched quickly . |
| 11 | Commenting on the cost and time overruns , Peter Pawsey , managing director of PSA Projects , which oversaw completion of the construction , said the size and nature of the project had raised a number of issues never faced before which had required time for reconsideration . |
| 12 | The Burscough boss believes he can put his finger on why his side can consistently beat opposition from higher leagues , as they have done time after time in the past two years , yet struggle at their own level . |
| 13 | You have got time for tea |
| 14 | . Just think of this food , clothing , shoes all to come out of my earnings the average of £3.9.9d. a little more sometimes , a few shillings Bonus , and my son has been ill for the past three weeks , whos going to pay the doctors Bill also I have lost time at work through air raid warnings no pay . |