Example sentences of "had [prep] [adj] time [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expectations had at one time run high , but a parallel case of offence by weakness emerged from the accounts of the home . |
| 2 | That maintenance was continued so long is probably due to the fact that Gordon Thomas , its instigator , had by this time become General Manager of the Grand Junction Company , and it is understandable that he would have been reluctant to preside over the disintegration of the lift , his most original and spectacular achievement . |
| 3 | The carving had by this time become careless and clumsy . |
| 4 | The Principal had by this time become almost as fluorescent as the neon sign outside his academy , and we eyeballed one another in a spirit entirely lacking in camaraderie . |
| 5 | As it happened , my father had around this time come to the end of his distinguished service at Loughborough House with the death of his employer , Mr John Silvers , and had been at something of a loss for work and accommodation . |