Example sentences of "has [vb pp] 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 . |