Example sentences of "had [verb] [art] [det] time " in BNC.

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1 The Lake District , which she had visited a few times before her marriage and toured with friends , seemed a golden and available corner of gentility .
2 You had to pee a few times a day to survive .
3 Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage .
4 His re-creation — like the creating of Adam on the first day — had taken a little time .
5 The resulting explosion had the dead and stunned fish floating on the surface of the water , a procedure I had practised a few times in the Highlands , lobbing a grenade into a salmon pool , a dangerous procedure if caught by someone in authority .
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