Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [vb infin] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly in this study it was clear that there were farmers who did not have the necessary time to do the job fully . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Do not expect a comfortable time . |
| 5 | In general , do not exceed the total time of the still air pattern by more than 1 minute . |
| 6 | Leather corals , unlike some coelenterates , do not spend the entire time fully expanded . |
| 7 | Do not spend the whole time talking about yourself , your job and your life . |
| 8 | WHEELCHAIR passengers do not have an easy time when they travel by rail . |
| 9 | She did n't read the English Times or the Irish Times , which were the only two papers that came into the house . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | You co you could turn round and say , alright they did n't have a full time C O three they had |
| 13 | Jaye was brought up in Hertfordshire and did n't have a happy time of it . |
| 14 | I do n't think No accepted time I do n't think so . |
| 15 | Let us instead sing the praises of those who get us to smile — the Hundred Funniest ( say we ) People in Britain : those indomitable men and women who help us to cackle through our tears , and who , while they do n't make the bad times any better , certainly make them hurt less . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | At that stage he seems to have cut his natural philosophy from the worsted cliches of a poor childhood : ‘ never rely on anybody else ’ , ‘ make yourself independent as soon as you can ’ , ‘ put a bit by for a rainy day ’ , ‘ do n't let the good times run away with you ’ . |
| 19 | I do n't recall the good times I 've had at Wembley with anything like the same frequency — not just because there have n't been as many of them ( my personal Wembley record is played ten , won two , lost eight ) , but because when you support a football team , misery is the only currency that can purchase real ecstasy . |
| 20 | As befits an MBA graduate of Henley management school , Fothergill does not disguise the tough times ahead . |
| 21 | Sponsorship for WISE vehicles does not permit the full time staffing of vehicles whilst they are on school visits . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it is very important to encourage younger women to see that it is possible to combine a career with having a family , that you do n't miss out on your children — my son wakes up every Saturday so excited that it 's the weekend , not because he does n't have a lovely time during the week , but because there 's nothing for him quite like his parents . ’ |
| 23 | There are so many versions of it already , and now does n't seem the right time to do it — I think I would rather wait until I was more established , and have something different to say about it . ’ |