Example sentences of "[verb] to waste time " in BNC.
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| 1 | With only two days to see Paris no-one wants to waste time in car and boat . |
| 2 | As a result , users are free to focus on high-level analysis , and do n't need to waste time on details , such as row or column management , usually necessary when manipulating a spreadsheet . |
| 3 | A small number of the areas in the Castle are specifically designed to waste time — they are stuffed full of bits that adventurers , being adventurers , wo n't be able to resist looking at and playing with . |
| 4 | When a film has only three minutes to sell itself , at least you can be sure it 's not going to waste time trying to sell you anything else . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going to waste time . |
| 6 | ‘ We are not going to waste time any longer in futile negotiations , ’ Izetbegovic said in a radio address . |
| 7 | Yeah but obviously I 'm not going to waste time putting tights on . |
| 8 | Bonanza did n't want to waste time arguing about payment in an emergency . ’ |
| 9 | He had considered destroying the Chelonians completely , but the ship was now ready to take off and he did n't want to waste time . |
| 10 | Also the Opposition did not want to waste time on such minutiae , preferring to tackle the government on wider issues arising from the conduct of foreign or domestic policy . |
| 11 | There was nothing to indicate that he was anywhere in the village , and she did n't want to waste time on being any more thorough than this . |
| 12 | She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing . |
| 13 | The application 's been made I did n't want to waste time before making the application and it had been |
| 14 | No , I have thought of that , I shall have to waste time , to sit about until she returns , and what help can she ever be ? |
| 15 | Since the start of the month , the ACT Financial Systems Ltd arm of ACT Group Plc , and IPC Information Systems Ltd , both London-based , have been working together to improve communications in the dealing room : first fruit of this non-exclusive agreement is a link between ACT 's Citydesk database and IPC 's Tradenet MX digital dealerboard ; when a dealer dials a direct line telephone number using his Tradenet dealerboard , the RS 232 output port on the board simultaneously sends a signal to the Citydesk database ; a special program searches the database for information on the client being contacted , and immediately posts it up on the Citydesk screen ; so , the dealer does not have to waste time doing a manual search ; this service is available now , but will be sold mainly as an added extra to existing customers , or via the direct sales teams of both parties ; pricing depends on the size of installation , and the complexity of database search levels required ; future developments include bi-directional communications — the Citymax database could send a message to a dealer if something significant happened on the market . |
| 16 | Gerald was impatient : ‘ Do we have to waste time on an empty box ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I say , ’ said Hilary Frome , calculatedly offensive , at the height of Corbett 's triumph , ‘ do we have to waste time on these party tricks ? |
| 18 | We 're not gon na waste time explaining things to you and fortunately , through our friends , through out friends in the T and A , we do n't have to waste time . |
| 19 | Stick with a non-Windows solution and you 'll be maximizing your existing investment — without having to waste time converting your data , and without having to relearn or reprogram . |
| 20 | Southend United .... 3 Tottenham Hotspur .. 2 ( aet ; score at 90 min 3-2 ; agg 3-3 ; Tottenham win on away goals ) TOTTENHAM ended last night playing party tricks to waste time at Roots Hall , but it had taken them nearly two hours to establish a semblance of control over Southend in a throbbing , snarling , extraordinarily eventful Littlewoods Cup second round , second leg . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't intend to waste time on useless talk , Miss Adams , ’ he said harshly . |
| 22 | Otherwise he was forced to waste time giving the whole paper a wash of flat tone each time . |
| 23 | Almost as many movies were made here , but ‘ shooting days ’ were down by half ; independents on small budgets ca n't afford to waste time . |
| 24 | But you see my parents work in the theatre and I 'm so used to moving from town to town that I ca n't afford to waste time . |
| 25 | Since breeding success declines through the season , females simply can not afford to waste time checking to see whether a particular male is paired or not . |
| 26 | The current was taking the two boats down towards the rocks , so Harry Pascoe could n't afford to waste time . |
| 27 | You 've got ta be hard on yourselves and say this is my business , I ca n't afford to waste time , I want to deal with people that wan na do business with me . |
| 28 | Some of the tapes we receive arrive on dodgy cassettes , have various bits and pieces of other music on them , and we have to waste time trying to find the relevant bit of the tape . |