Example sentences of "had [adj] the time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Namibia in July last year Gus had all the time in the world to admire the African sunsets , and even the rosy dawns . |
| 2 | But then , a few days later , Mervyn Stockwood revealed that he had all the time in fact been helping dissident priests in a variety of clandestine ways , still too secret to be fully detailed : not so much a Red Bishop as a clerical Scarlet Pimpernel . |
| 3 | Certainly Mike had all the time in the world to launch a right hook , but Patsy also must have had all the time in the world to see it , for he simply swayed back on his heels and the punch missed by over a foot . |
| 4 | Making herself lean back into her walk as though she had all the time in the world , she paused to rubberneck at the clash of signs and scents and jingles . |
| 5 | I had all the time in the world . |
| 6 | so they wasted time by changing the guard , and I had all the time in the world to destroy the documents . |
| 7 | He 'd been in the house for nearly six weeks now and although he had not yet been called upon to take part in a Vibrancy performance , he had all the time in the world to practise . |
| 8 | He gave one to Corbett before sitting down opposite , sipping from his own cup as if he had all the time in the world . |
| 9 | Once out of the office she had all the time in the world and no one to help fill it . |
| 10 | His kiss was leisurely as if they had all the time in the world to explore each other , and he could afford to wait for her response , confident in his own powers of arousing it . |
| 11 | He kissed her again , his lips lingering on hers as if they had all the time in the world . |
| 12 | He kissed her lingeringly as if he had all the time in the world and she felt a shudder run through her at the response he was forcing from her with so little effort . |
| 13 | Now he had all the time in the world to read and discuss the serious question : what can Third World countries do to alleviate their debt crisis ? |
| 14 | I saw the way you had all the time in the world to chat to the patients in Santa Barbara , and help them without charging anything . |