Example sentences of "the time [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly we had to please people lots of the time -we had to kiss Aunty and show our school report to Uncle to please people . |
| 2 | The Florios worked the room with ease and self-confidence and by the time they had reached the podium an aide to the candidate was saying that almost a million dollars had already been raised for the Democratic campaign . |
| 3 | By the time they had reached the end of Jefferson Street for the first time , the US Grand Prix was all over . |
| 4 | For part if the time they had been in support of another Engineer regiment for joint river crossing operations , and on one occasion had carried infantrymen over a one-kilometre-wide stretch of the Weser , using their rigs as landing craft . |
| 5 | It had only two doors and by the time they had been pushed roughly into the back , with the Woman leaning round in the front seat to point the small gun at them , they hardly dared to breathe . |
| 6 | ‘ We were all very great friends by the time they had left , ’ said Mrs Shapland . |
| 7 | By the time they had sat through two party political broadcasts and Chris Patten in TV evangelist mode , they could not stand up fast enough when the Prime Minister finally appeared . |
| 8 | This can be seen from the figures in Table 5 which also suggest that the longer the time they had lived in an old people 's home the less likely they were to go into hospital . |
| 9 | Even before the change , many of the policies , by the time they had been through the rather over-bureaucratic structures , became distorted and did not benefit the peasants to the extent that they should have done . |
| 10 | Carter had told the police at the time they had a row over money and his wife had walked out , never to return . |
| 11 | By the time they had sorted out the confusion and given chase , the woman had made good her escape . |
| 12 | Once the trough had flooded to a manageable width , the boys would swim for it , usually finishing up about one hundred yards upstream by the time they had struggled through the rough water and reached the home bank . |
| 13 | By the time they had their health certificates the cargo , mostly cotton cloth from Manchester , had been stowed . |
| 14 | At precisely the time that the Party leadership was extolling the horse as a modern and fuel-saving means of transport , it was also planning to increase the journey-times of the rural population and make them more dependent on motor transport — or perhaps to shorten the time they had left to themselves , to sleep , think and so on . |
| 15 | The girls only stopped laughing by the time they had reached the convent gates . |
| 16 | By the time they had eaten up the crumbs they had forgotten the way out and in their hunger ate the insulation from the wiring . |
| 17 | By the time they had gone through he had disappeared . ’ |
| 18 | Magellan refused , of course — except that he was evidently frustrated enough at the lack of success in finding a way through to promise that if no strait was found by the time they had eaten up another 25° of latitude , he would turn east as they wished . |
| 19 | His sister 's afterbirth was in the road — and the time they had getting it away ! ’ |
| 20 | Just about the time they had seen the signpost , the rain had started in earnest . |
| 21 | He ran across the road and heard the French shout as they saw him , but by the time they had pulled their triggers , he was already in the shelter of the tall trees . |
| 22 | By the time they had reached age 36 , with their fertility almost complete , 52 per cent of the mothers in the 1946 cohort of births had two children , 16 per cent just one , and 32 per cent three or more ( Kiernan 1989c ) . |
| 23 | By the time they had got to their feet the gunman had jumped through the open passenger door and the wheels shrieked in protest as the car sped away from the hotel . |
| 24 | It was dark by the time they had finished . |
| 25 | By the time they had reached Martha 's house , most of the neighbours had come into the narrow street to watch . |
| 26 | Throughout the whole of the time they had no demands to make on the masters . |
| 27 | However , their " day " lengthened to nearly 26 hours , so that when they resurfaced , they underestimated the time they had spent below ground . |
| 28 | For all her life , Beth would cherish the time they had had together , and she would always regret their parting , and yet , and yet , he was a scoundrel of the worst kind . |
| 29 | By the time they had risen above the storm , there was a slight smile on his lips , as if he were thinking pleasant thoughts . |
| 30 | That the congregation progressed favourably during the time they had ministers and probationers to preach there , but their progress has been suddenly arrested by having no minister to officiate among them . |