Example sentences of "had [verb] [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my hand had stopped bleeding some time ago and I could not reasonably pretend that I was wounded . |
| 2 | Since then she had tended to spend more time on her own in the flat and to stay with her parents at weekends . |
| 3 | Planning officer Peter Wilson , recommending approval , said the couple had agreed to make closing time 10.30 . |
| 4 | But it was you who had to fight to get double time for the men who worked on a Sunday . ’ |
| 5 | Another and equally disconcerting presence had materialized there — one which she had attempted to diminish some time ago and send packing from her thoughts . |
| 6 | I had wanted to spend some time with the Infierno people themselves ; but , caught between two worlds , they had a very understandable fear of their traditional knowledge being ‘ stolen ’ , and did not open up the project to outsiders without good reason . |