Example sentences of "had time [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and just had time to visit the cathedral |
| 2 | The telephone rang at that moment ; Rachel answered it and before David had time to leave the room she said , ‘ There 's been an accident in the canteen — a boiler has blown up and two of the staff have been scalded . ’ |
| 3 | I had time to scrutinize the benches occupied by beggars and their bundles , and to watch the children playing in the little squares bounded by green iron railings , to envy gross matrons and their lap-dogs trotting between the pâtissière and the charcuterie … women in aprons washing the pavements , standing back to let pedestrians pass . |
| 4 | They had time to assess the composition and probable loyalties of the force gathered there in the riverside haugh next morning , before the Earl Patrick would see them . |
| 5 | Berger now had time to restore the fuel consumption figure to a more acceptable level but when Schumacher — also on new tyres — began to set a string of faster laps , he was forced to speed up . |
| 6 | Mackintosh hardly had time to notice the notices , on his way to open Les Miserables in Manchester , England , and then on to Tokyo for Miss Saigon . |
| 7 | Has my right hon. Friend had time to see the OECD report on unsatisfactory unemployment levels in France and the clear evidence that its minimum wage policy has served to make unemployment worse ? |
| 8 | When we were about twenty yards away from them an old woman turned and saw us. I just had time to see the panic on her face before the driver applied the brakes . |
| 9 | Up ahead cars and people moved undisturbed on the bright street at the top of the alley ; Maxim had time to search the man 's pockets — and then suddenly he had n't . |
| 10 | Two miles offshore they were seen by a French trawler and taken aboard , not before Geoff Lyne had time to slit the airbags , sinking the canoe with its tell-tale gear . |
| 11 | He barely had time to greet the town 's Tory candidate Michael Fallon before being handed a single iris appropriately blue by a florist working in the shop beneath the party office . |
| 12 | He shovelled a handful of Emorian documents back into the box and reached the front door before Coleby had time to ring the bell . |
| 13 | She had time to recognize the face on Third Avenue , then the man was upon her . |
| 14 | Geraldine hardly had time to boil the kettle , to make a cup of coffee , to toast a slice of bread between shots of Alan being rescued , wearing a blanket and sitting up in bed in pyjamas . |
| 15 | Has my right hon. Friend had time to study the reaction of the CBI to the proposal for a national minimum wage ? |
| 16 | I took on additional work in the Council , bullying them to set up a committee to draft out statutory requirements for caravan sites — which later became the basis for a Private Member 's Bill — and still had time to dig the vegetable garden and walk miles with the children , just for the pleasure of it . |
| 17 | While in Manhattan , she 's been to the theatre to admire Tom Hulce 's new play , and had time to ponder the prospect of her imminent year-long London run — her lengthiest stage engagement to date . |
| 18 | One slight advantage of all this was that nobody had time to consider the fate of L Detachment . |
| 19 | Has my right hon. Friend had time to consider the tax implications of an extra £35 billion of spending pledges ? |
| 20 | Their best chances fell to Littlejohn , but he volleyed over from David May 's misplaced header when he had time to bring the ball under control , and was then denied by Bobby Mimms . |
| 21 | Apart from calling Blum ‘ the most dangerous man in Indo-China ’ de Lattre complained of all the ‘ missionary young men ’ the US was sending to Vietnam , of the way in which they undermined the idea of the French Union and , as he obviously had time to read the reports as soon as they were sent , he objected strenuously and in person to US correspondents who did not share his more exalted view of France 's mission in Indo-China . |
| 22 | I kept the key safe , Father Herluin , but never had time to toss the coffer into the bushes , before I was flung there myself , winded among the brambles , and scratches enough to show for it . |
| 23 | The difference with Mandy is that her boyfriend was Wyman , a man who had the power to make these fantasies come true — before she had time to understand the implications of them . |