Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura 's insistence on punctuality for meal times became something of a fetish , not because she was herself preparing meals which risked being spoiled ; she rarely had time for cooking any more . |
| 2 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 3 | She just had time to make out a black profile against the window before a shoe slammed into her chest with the sound a beanbag makes when it hits the floor . |
| 4 | As she left for the first night party , she just had time to tell us what she thought : |
| 5 | She was so absorbed in the task that she hardly noticed time passing . |
| 6 | She felt guilty , but she could say with a clear conscience that her business was so demanding that she hardly had time to think of Northumberland although , in truth , as her successes and problems in Italy had increased , there seemed less and less reason to return to Nora . |
| 7 | With two of the office down with chicken-pox , she hardly had time to think these days , let alone relax . |
| 8 | She also spent time with her natural mother . |
| 9 | A founder of the St Clares Ladies Choir which performed over a period of years , she also found time to become a devoted and regular pilgrim to Lourdes , where her lovely voice became well known to those in the Torchlight Processions . |
| 10 | Before she even had time to realise his intentions , he drove his long , powerful fingers into her hair , bringing her face round to his , and her squeal of outrage was silenced as he took possession of her mouth . |
| 11 | Suddenly she was aware that he had moved in closely behind her and before she even had time to think his arms went round her . |
| 12 | She even found time to return to London for appearances on top pop shows where she revealed she was angry about the way under 14s had been excluded from her concerts . |
| 13 | She barely had time to assimilate the sudden rapid rise and fall of his chest before her head was wrenched back with a less than gentle hand and her mouth was captured by his . |
| 14 | She barely had time to struggle to her feet before cruel fingers tangled in her hair and her face was jerked up to the light . |
| 15 | I regularly asked Erica Brausen , the Hanover 's director , if she would visit my studio to see what I was up to but she never had time to take a taxi from Hanover Street to Highgate . |
| 16 | She never wasted time running errands . |