Example sentences of "had [adv] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | Judge Alfredo Gustilo said in Manila Burton 's claim that he did not know the contraband was among his belongings was ‘ absurd ’ because customs police found four blocks of hashish hidden in the pair of shoes he had on at the time of his arrest . |
2 | Certainly there would have been no satisfaction in such behaviour if the would-be escaper had not for a time at any rate believed in himself |
3 | Nine of these students had not at the time of writing completed their course of study . |
4 | It would be a long time before all of this changed very much — and certainly it had not by the time of the Crowther Report in 1959 ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
5 | She might never have ironed shirts , but she too had once upon a time brought Jacob little surprises , little presents . |