Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adj] time [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 THE simultaneous publication by national newspapers of a common code of practice and declaration of principles was postponed last night after the chairman and editors of Express Newspapers decided that they needed more time to examine the proposals .
2 Formerly , we are told , people died before they had much time to develop these diseases .
3 After school my father used to accompany him on his rounds in the car , and during these journeys they had ample time to exchange ideas without being overheard .
4 But , after that , they had little time to spend together , little to say to one another .
5 For a while they made so much work for the bailiffs that they had little time to harass the Nonconformists .
6 It was a Saturday , their father was sleeping in , as were their three elder brothers , so for once they had some time to play by themselves , which they did in the yard .
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