Example sentences of "have [verb] time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent three days in jail after smashing up an apartment , and has done time in a drug rehabilitation centre . |
| 2 | Holly , you have to forget the past , that is what anyone who has spent time in the camps will say to you , you have to forget the past life . |
| 3 | He has spent time in South Africa and has a tremendous admiration for their game . |
| 4 | She smelt of the exhalations of other people 's cigarettes and spilt wine , and she was expansive , with the air of someone who has spent time in the company of her like-minded fellows , not distracted and irritable as people are when they have tired themselves on the trail of trivial knowledge . |
| 5 | Operations geophysicist Erik Havarstein has been responsible for mobilising the seismic vessel for the survey and has spent time in Lagos ensuring the technical specification and safety standards are in place for the survey . |
| 6 | In the first extract ( I ) , the rich lexis and well-organised structure are indications that the writer has taken time in the construction , and possibly reconstruction after several rewritings , of the final product . |
| 7 | Maybe he 'd spent time in the States . |
| 8 | Charlie was a cockney by birth but he 'd spent time in New York . |
| 9 | A national charity is claiming that many of the four thousand young Scots who become homeless this year will have spent time in care . |
| 10 | Among the Egyptian volunteers believed to be still in Pakistan are Islamic radicals who went into battle , with travel documents provided by the obliging Saudis , after having served time in Egyptian prisons . |
| 11 | But those least likely to have spent time in a hospital or hospice or to die in one were those who had lived in a nursing home for a year or more . |
| 12 | The opposite palazzo is private , but the view to the small arcaded courtyard , especially if it is sunlit , is enough to make you yearn to have spent time in Renaissance Milan . |
| 13 | The inquest heard she had spent time in council care as a child and feared something similar might happen again . |
| 14 | One such was the 27-year-old Keith Littlejohn , who had spent time in Borstal after robbing an elderly shopkeeper . |
| 15 | This lower use of hospital inpatient facilities was not accounted for by the older age of the people in residential homes although fewer of all those aged 85 or more had spent time in hospital — 64 per cent against 80 per cent of those under 85 . |
| 16 | His career had gone into an ignominious period following his deposition and he had spent time in prison in Kansas , fought bulls in Barcelona , performed stunts in circuses , played ‘ Othello ’ across the country and even boxed all-comers in exhibitions at the age of 68 years . |
| 17 | One such followed the 1919 Indian Jails Committee report , and another came shortly after Independence ; many of the new leaders had spent time in gaols , and devoted some attention to the problem in the 1950s ( including the drawing up of a Model Prison Manual in 1959 ) . |
| 18 | He was also closely connected with some of those bishops who had spent time in the island monastery . |
| 19 | He 'd had ninety-one previous convictions , but was released because he had spent time in jail on remand . |
| 20 | Yes , exactly , I 've spent time in Russia , this guy went and put a model in these situations . |
| 21 | But I 've spent time in her presence and she 's a very sexy lady . |
| 22 | Kohl , who had found time in his busy schedule to make the 360-mile journey from Bonn to meet Waldheim , excused himself after an opulent lunch and rushed back to his Rhineland base before Waldheim was awarded the chain of honour of the Peutinger Collegium . |
| 23 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
| 24 | The advantage is that your debtor has either to pay you or not pay you ; if the latter , you have saved time in assessing the situation and can immediately get on with whatever action is necessary . |
| 25 | For example , many schools , colleges and environmental groups have spent time in remote islands , producing for their own use reports which contain botanical information which remains rather inaccessible . |
| 26 | ‘ I have spent time in Greece and Malta during those countries ’ General Elections and found the electorate involved themselves much more in the campaigns and really enjoyed the experience , ’ she said . |