Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 32-year-old French film director has just flown into London from LA , and has not had an easy time of it . |
| 2 | Certainly in this study it was clear that there were farmers who did not have the necessary time to do the job fully . |
| 3 | Invergordon did not have an easy time of it in 1992 , a fact reflected both by turnover , down 8 per cent at £85 million , and operating profits , down 3.8 per cent at £35.3 million . |
| 4 | On Saturday , the device did not work the second time . |
| 5 | The warden pointed out that time was not of the essence as it has taken since 1977 to strengthen the bell tower and rehang the bells , all carried out by villagers , needless to say I did not visualise the same time cycle for my part of the job . |
| 6 | Answer your first-choice question and , if you finish or run out of anything else to write before the allocated time , do not give the extra time to the second question but keep it in reserve for the end of the examination . |
| 7 | Do not expect a comfortable time . |
| 8 | In general , do not exceed the total time of the still air pattern by more than 1 minute . |
| 9 | Leather corals , unlike some coelenterates , do not spend the entire time fully expanded . |
| 10 | Do not spend the whole time talking about yourself , your job and your life . |
| 11 | WHEELCHAIR passengers do not have an easy time when they travel by rail . |
| 12 | I do all the things I did n't do the first time . |
| 13 | ‘ We were very alarmed when Sean told us that they needed to look at you again , and you did n't ring a second time … so we were afraid … . ’ |
| 14 | If the ruse did n't work the first time , it invariably did on the second occasion . |
| 15 | Well the reality is of course that Clare has already told us that internment did n't work the last time , it was badly done the last time . |
| 16 | The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying ! |
| 17 | The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying ! |
| 18 | You co you could turn round and say , alright they did n't have a full time C O three they had |
| 19 | Jaye was brought up in Hertfordshire and did n't have a happy time of it . |
| 20 | Just in case you did n't hear the first time . |
| 21 | Mary did n't resist the first time — did n't resist when he kissed her and she felt the strange , hard stubble on his face , nor when he moved on her , not even when he hurt her . |
| 22 | I do n't think No accepted time I do n't think so . |
| 23 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 24 | I know I wondered what happened there , I thought maybe it was the cleaners trying to hoover behind I really ought to change my bed clothes but I do n't remember the last time I did it |
| 25 | ‘ I still get a kick out of listening to records that do n't have an ingrained time period , records by people like The Cravats or Metal Urban or early Cabaret Voltaire . |
| 26 | Yeah , but then , yeah , the modules then do n't follow the same time periods . |
| 27 | This old woman do n't hear the first time , and when I say it again , she just says yes and walks away . |
| 28 | Since her father had not stipulated the exact time when they were to ride , Artemis was dressed and in the stables at first light lest she miss her treat by being late . |
| 29 | Sponsorship for WISE vehicles does not permit the full time staffing of vehicles whilst they are on school visits . |
| 30 | In the promenade bus-shelter they broke the window they had n't broken the last time they 'd visited it . |