Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.

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1 English Electric were not building trams by this time , and the new cars had to be ordered from a railway wagon builder , Roberts of Wakefield .
2 Tallis had not made Moondream at that time — the mask to allow her to see the woman in the land — but she intuitively knew who she had seen , how she had reached through her vision to this very day , perhaps , in her own future .
3 I had not seen Otley for some time and climbed up on the wall for a better view .
4 With help from Wood Green Animal Shelters , Serpell made contact with people who had not had pets for some time but who were now about to get a dog or cat .
5 He then went into the Army and did not see Minton for some time .
6 It should be noted that following transfer of ownership , the registration of the aircraft often does not take place for some time afterwards .
7 They are said to have explained that they were looking for the conductor to buy their tickets as Stonehouse station did not sell tickets at that time of night .
8 But all the remedial measures will not produce benefits for some time , in the case of remerchandising a year at least .
9 Even though school generated activities are not taking place at these times judgements are made about the standard of work on display and the general state of order and cleanliness .
10 Perhaps , and perhaps contentiously , it was because the general insurrection had not taken place at this time : at least not in the sense that it involved trial by battle .
11 But these problems are not immediately apparent , and so need not inhibit accumulation for some time .
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