Example sentences of "[not/n't] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 This is not the time to be thinking about what the chief instructor is going to think or say .
2 Not the time to ask .
3 The whole unit had to be dismantled to allow a new base to be fitted — a costly and time-consuming disaster , which taught me that 11pm on Saturday , at the end of a tiring day , is not the time to be doing d-i-y !
4 This is not the time to talk of the end of history — more a time for some good history lessons .
5 ‘ Something like that , ’ Now was not the time to suggest to this woman that her husband had been a blackmailer as well as a thief .
6 Not the time to talk of reunification , says Gerasimov Moscow welcomes collapse of the Wall .
7 He added : ‘ Politically it is not the time to talk about re-unification .
8 This is not the time to escape reality . ’
9 This is not the time to think of demanding your money back .
10 We could paraphrase it to read : ‘ Mother , ca n't you see that this is not the time for my mission and nature to be revealed ? ’
11 Now 's not the time to cross him ! ’
12 Not trouble exactly , but with her aunt above , not the time or place .
13 With a television series there 's just not the time for that , and it can often become very much of a routine .
14 Not the time or the place to expect a violent gang attack on a pensioner .
15 This is not the time for hasty decisions , ’ he said .
16 Now is not the time to rip down the wallpaper or tear down walls . ’
17 SIR — I agree with Louise Denny ( letter , April 6 ) that this is not the time for composers and other music copyright holders to be spineless .
18 The members simply have not the time at their disposal to take on the continuous pressure needed to effectively construct a platform for alternative or opposing views .
19 However , ’ — he raised a finger — ‘ this is not the time to enter into such debates .
20 As any cobbler worth his salt will tell you , this is not the time to toss those tired but precious shoes into the nearest bin , it 's resole time .
21 Now is not the time to arrive at the friary .
22 Whether or not the time transposition works is a matter of individual decision — what is not in doubt is that the true nature of the work is preserved and well put over .
23 In its view , there is not the time , the manpower or even the need to spy in the conventional sense .
24 He would have liked to have driven his dagger straight into the interfering clerk 's throat but knew this was not the time nor the occasion .
25 The end of the property boom is another salient factor : with developers in trouble , this is not the time to present Docklands as a paradise for ‘ yuppies ’ , especially since so many of them are also now criticising the environment of Docklands .
26 So , even amid the fading glow of the MCG 's floodlights , and the successful reintroduction of South Africa , it is not the time to sit still and just ponder the future .
27 He paused and said , ‘ This is not the time to discuss it , but if you will use me , I can help you .
28 Now is not the time to start baking cakes for your freezer !
29 Surely not the time of the month ?
30 Here and now is not the time .
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