Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | It 's what everyone has to do at some time — it 's called taking responsibility for yourself . |
2 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disappoint you , but Hadrian and his wall will have to wait for another time . ’ |
3 | She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man . |
4 | Electrical stimulation could produce dramatic effects , but the proper study of electro-physiology had to wait for some time until it was possible to record small electrical potentials . |
5 | Because the conductor always had to wait until such time as the queue was diminished quite a bit and hi his tramcar was full so that the next tramcar come along er coming along , whatever number , was to be d the same thing happening again . |
6 | Here Revelstoke was in his element ; acute intelligence and charm , capacity for meticulous work , presence and eloquence , fluency in French and Spanish , and , above all , financial acumen made him a match for the wiliest of South American presidents , North American railway barons , European finance ministers , and the members of the British cabinet with all of whom he had to deal at one time or another . |
7 | Mary Alston , one of the mainstays of the women 's union in the 1920s , had to care during this time for a sick sister , who was in and out of a nursing home ; much later , in the 1940s , she had to give up work for a while to care for her mother . |
8 | A further consequence of having time zones is that , when we travel we have to adjust to local time in the new time zone . |
9 | But all managers have to negotiate at some time so it pays to learn about handling the process well . |