Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] have had time " in BNC.

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1 If you ca n't use a credit card the next best options are a crossed cheque , a postal order , or try to persuade the company to take cash on delivery , once you 've had time to inspect the goods , of course .
2 Once you 've had time to sleep you 'll feel better able to cope .
3 It would have been lovely to have won , but overall the matches were so close every dat that I think , once we have had time to digest what went on , we will agree that the draw was a fair result .
4 I doubt if Calder will take it any further once he 's had time to think it over and realise how upset you were .
5 If I 'd had time to think I do n't know how I would have felt .
6 If I 'd had time to think , I would have used my bat , but when I saw the ball , it was just about to start its downward path .
7 And I would have got it together if I 'd had time had gone out to work instead of for days on end being unemployed and sitting and telling me about Karen .
8 I would have gladly done so , if I had had time .
9 Then I think we 'll put these away until I 've had time to consider my position .
10 Well , stall him until I 've had time to have a dekko .
11 But not yet — not until she had had time to rebuild her shattered defences .
12 Not until she had had time to explain that Oliver was only a little boy , that he had n't really understood …
13 She did n't want him to see it until she 'd had time to think .
14 The trouble was , Alexandra thought , walking into her kitchen wrapped in a bath sheet , the trouble was that you could n't really go with the flow until you 'd had time to work out which way it was going .
15 Shall we leave it that I will consider making a direction at the next hearing in relation to that figure and the question of any interest thereon but will defer any such er decision until you 've had time to consider it .
16 Do n't make up your mind which way to vote until you have had time to think over the arguments again , quietly and prayerfully .
17 It is of course very difficult to predict all the uses you might make of a new technology until you have had time to experiment with it , so the same golden rule applies to recording as to playback : start small with a basic system to which you can add .
18 He asked if she 'd had time to think about it .
19 Returning to learning is not easy for everyone especially if you 've had time out to bring up your kids .
20 Just because of the employment situation generally , it 's increasingly difficult to get back into work after raising a family if you 've had time off .
21 I 'm going to brief Major Lower that we should recommend the whole fleet be grounded at least until we 've had time to get this examined in detail and to inspect a few more . ’
22 The books of Mary Somerville ( e.g. , On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences , 1834 ) proved valuable to men of science wanting to keep up with what was going on in other fields , and unable to understand it all even if they had had time to read it .
23 A good photographer should , if necessary , be able to produce good pictures without a previous visit , but he or she will certainly produce better results if they have had time to look round and plan the most effective camera angles .
24 A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets .
25 I say , wait until he has had time to return from Roxburgh — as surely he will .
26 Producing off-the-top-of-the-head ideas ( see Creative thinking on page 41 ) is particularly difficult for many people , especially those who feel vulnerable unless they have had time to prepare their idea carefully before offering it .
27 So now you 're imagining that he , whoever he is , popped this through the letterbox , waited till she had had time to read it , then rang the bell and invited her to take a stroll with him .
28 At last she began : ‘ I 've come to see things differently since I 've had time to think over what was in the will .
29 Lamb himself commented : ‘ I 've had England players on the phone telling me what 's in the Mirror before I 've had time to go out and buy the paper .
30 When we were north of the border recently for the Scottish Music Show , before I 'd had time to look round myself , people were rushing over to describe a monster the like of which they 'd never before seen .
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