Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] a time " in BNC.

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1 Teachers were asked not to impose a time limit when the tests were taken and to help pupils with reading difficulties .
2 If the planning permission does not specify a time , the Act provides for the period to be five years , or two years after the approval of all reserve matters for the start of development and three years for the application for approval of all reserve matters .
3 Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother .
4 Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother .
5 Gedge can not remember a time when he did not want to be in a pop group .
6 Dinah Asshe could not remember a time when she had not enjoyed dressing up .
7 On the other hand , he could not remember a time when it had not been taken for granted the Hall would one day be his own .
8 He could not remember a time when he had not known .
9 The amount that we do overseas fluctuates but I can not remember a time when we have not had an overseas project going on .
10 Merrill Lynch found that ‘ one in five companies who provide assistance with bridging finance do not set a time limit , 28 per cent provide assistance for up to three months and 41 per cent for four to six months ’ .
11 Before the debate , Gerald Kaufman , the party 's foreign affairs spokesman , criticised the resolution for its imprecision in not giving a time scale , and for ambiguity in not defining the precise level of spending required .
12 Heath did not indicate a time scale for unification , but appears to have seen it materialising even sooner than Wilson .
13 You can not put a time on how long it takes for a swimfeeder to empty .
14 Unfortunately he could not offer a time for his visit .
15 The date is on the twenty eighth of March and the location will be at Hall and it will be it does n't give a time but it will be an evening meeting .
16 And I ca n't remember a time when he said , ‘ Do n't play that ; play this . ’
17 Looking back , I ca n't remember a time when I did n't love you .
18 They could n't remember a time when they had been without it .
19 He could n't remember a time when going to bed with a woman had n't dulled his interest , acting almost inevitably as a cure for his fascination .
20 ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’
21 We do n't have a Time Out in New York because
22 I 'm 33 now and I ca n't imagine a time when I would ever consider using it .
23 Our minds ca n't imagine a time span as short as a picosecond , but we can do calculations about picoseconds , and we can build computers that can complete calculations within picoseconds .
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