Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nevertheless every choreographer creating this kind of romantic ballet today has to spend much time creating the proper gestures to replace the words , which in such ballets are never spoken but must be understood . |
| 2 | Similarly , it was long obvious that time went at the same rate for every observer , but since Einstein , we have had to accept that time goes at different rates for different observers . |
| 3 | He had borrowed a car from one of his colleagues , and he felt hot , sweaty and uncertain of himself , having had to spend more time mastering the crate 's uncertain ways than in preparing himself for the meeting to come . |
| 4 | I switched off the tape , realizing that I would have to listen another time to find out what the preacher was really saying . |
| 5 | Your business English learners wo n't have to waste any time puzzling out what the Oxford Dictionary of Business English has to offer ; the innovative design provides the maximum amount of information in the easiest format possible . |
| 6 | Staff and councillors at the town hall have praised the generous efforts of the milkmen who will inevitably have to spend extra time picking up the gifts . |
| 7 | I HAD to spend some time comforting a distraught mother whose child was thought to have a behavioural problem . |
| 8 | We have to take more time to explain clearly what they are getting and paying for . ’ |