Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I got talking to one of them and he told me he 'd just come out of prison where he 'd done time for soliciting . |
| 2 | Perhaps he 'd risked time to practise with a few shots before I got there . |
| 3 | Maybe he 'd spent time in the States . |
| 4 | Charlie was a cockney by birth but he 'd spent time in New York . |
| 5 | And the fact that she had sent him away before he 'd had time to betray her was cold comfort , set against the enormity of that loss . |
| 6 | He 'd had time enough to get ten horses under shelter . |
| 7 | Surely he 'd had time to see the latter clearly ? |
| 8 | He 'd had time to wash his hands and take off his rubber gloves and apron . |
| 9 | In the office , like a typical Cancerian , he seemed to have time for just one thing . |
| 10 | Once he was wealthy enough , he began taking time out each winter to fulfil personal projects , ‘ It 's my way of putting something of myself into my work . |
| 11 | He preferred to spend time in the school library . |
| 12 | Marcus was still in there , probably sitting on the lavatory , where Irina said he liked to spend time . |
| 13 | He liked to have time to think what he was going to feel about something before it happened . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I stammered in French that I was very happy to see him and very grateful that he had made time to see me . |
| 16 | He had to meet Martin at four o'clock and he had to kill time till then . |
| 17 | He had contributed time and money freely to causes in which he believed , and his energy was a vital factor in the completion of the Trent and Mersey canal , which opened up the continental trade and reduced transport costs through its connection with Hull and Liverpool . |
| 18 | When Hugo returned home dinner was served as soon as he had had time to change . |
| 19 | When he had had time to scan it , Hayman spoke again . |
| 20 | He had had time enough : Newton was right . |
| 21 | That seemed obvious now he had had time to think . |
| 22 | It later transpired that in the days immediately preceding the budget he had found time to eat only once — a poached egg at the Lyons Corner House which was then opposite the House of Commons . |
| 23 | He had spent time ‘ inside ’ himself , once , when an assignment that had taken him abroad had gone badly wrong . |
| 24 | He was tall , and looked sunburned , as if he had spent time recently in a climate far from the Hebrides . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He had spent time watching the stars whilst people like Meg of Four Lanes died horrible deaths , their bodies afterwards lowered into obscure graves . |
| 27 | He 'd had ninety-one previous convictions , but was released because he had spent time in jail on remand . |
| 28 | His parents had feared something dreadful would happen if he continued to spend time with Tommy — they had feared he would get involved in stealing . |
| 29 | He did n't want a job that 's what he had said he wanted to have time out he did n't want a job he could get a job when he wanted to , he ca n't now turn round and blame it on |