Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [vb infin] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do not resent the time , but I do resent the fact we have not secured anything . |
| 2 | It is true that William Cobbett , born in 1766 , was to write , " I do not remember the time when I did not earn my living " , but he was the son of a moderately successful small farmer in a district where hop growing enabled a decent living from small acreages for a family with three sons to help work it . |
| 3 | I do not have the time to comment on its use in any detail . |
| 4 | I do not have the time to spare to meander through mountains . |
| 5 | And I do not have the time to leave my stall and chase after politicans . |
| 6 | In Britain I do n't think the time is right for it . |
| 7 | When I explain that I read books for a living , people launch into a frenzy of apologetic explanation : ‘ I do n't have the time ! ’ ; |
| 8 | I do n't have the time . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't have the Time Sprout . |
| 10 | We could stand here all day swapping pleasantries , but I do n't have the time . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't have the time to do the job justice , ’ he added . |
| 12 | I am sad I do n't have the time to form a working relationship with him . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't have the time now . |
| 14 | That 's why I do n't need the time off . ’ |
| 15 | I did not have the time for this myself , but clearly , a solution is to lie in wait for this photograph on one of those days when the time of performance does not coincide with the time of sunset ! |
| 16 | I did not have the time for this myself , but clearly , a solution is to lie in wait for this photograph on one of those days when the time of performance does not coincide with the time of sunset ! |
| 17 | But I did n't have the time to do anything except prepare for the election during that year . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't have the time . |
| 19 | I did n't have the time , nor would I have expected to be romanced in a way which might have encroached on either of our careers . |
| 20 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |