Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost two centuries later it was being proposed that in much the same way every Spanish ambassador should have assigned to him a son or younger brother " to assist him as a comrade in his work " , be instructed in the conduct of embassy business and handle matters the ambassador himself could not spare time for , with the implication that he might well succeed to the post if it fell vacant . |
| 2 | Similarly the seller under a contract of sale might undertake to use best endeavours to deliver the goods on time : The Sellers will use their best endeavours to secure delivery of the goods on the estimated delivery dates from time to time furnished , but they do not guarantee time of delivery . |
| 3 | If the present article can not answer every question raised by Carse , it will answer this one : ‘ did they [ at the Opéra ] or did they not beat time with a baton throughout the whole opera ? ’ ( p.311 ) . |
| 4 | The right hon. Gentleman did not provide time for such a debate because he did not want to embarrass the Tory party so close to a general election . |
| 5 | Although we will not spend time on it , ‘ external culture ’ enters our sample firm in the form of enormous variety — personnel on a production line speaking ten or more languages other than English , for instance . |
| 6 | You do n't not spend time on someone just because they are n't about any longer . |
| 7 | Do not use time as an excuse , he wrote . |
| 8 | Most hobbies cost some money , some a great deal , why not occupy time with machine knitting ? |
| 9 | Some commentators get so excited about identifying the stuff with an excretion of insects living on twigs of the tamarisk , that they do not have time for much else . |
| 10 | Remember all this well , so that you do n't get it wrong on the night ; you may not have time for a second performance . |
| 11 | ( Perhaps if I knew the language , I would not have time for these facile analogies . ) |
| 12 | You will not have time for more than one committee if you serve it properly . |
| 13 | I personally do not have time for delays in this operation , and my approach has been ratified at the highest levels . |
| 14 | As for the countryside , the main complaint of the wage labourer was of underemployment and at certain seasons of the agricultural calendar many of them must have wished they did not have time on their hands . |
| 15 | In effect , large objects moving at hypersonic velocities do not have time to ‘ see ’ the atmosphere before cratering the surface . |
| 16 | That they are empty other than at times when children are out of their classrooms or outside the school premises is a constant reminder that primary-school teachers do not have time in the working day to do other than teach . |
| 17 | Work for the A-level examination in English Literature means a narrow concentration on a limited number of texts , and curricular pressures do not leave time for the undirected contextual reading that would provide broader literary experience . |
| 18 | Half an hour is the minimum for each side ; so if the moot starts at 8.30 p.m. , and if three judges each take ten minutes to give judgment , it is 10 p.m. even if not a minute has been lost — and this does not allow time for the presiding judge to invite the audience to comment before judgment is given . |
| 19 | They and others would not allow time for their staff to study and pass the Modular System . |
| 20 | He does not waste time on definitions . |
| 21 | We do not waste time on abstract philosophical arguments about ‘ rights ’ . |
| 22 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 23 | He apologized and explained , but she did not waste time in argument . |
| 24 | ‘ Rich people do not waste time in our village . ’ |
| 25 | You should not request time from a visitor already allocated on the Grid . |
| 26 | If parents do not find time for such training they will spend more time scolding and correcting at a later stage . |
| 27 | This was not to say that he did n't spend time with the army , lending vigorous help as the trains of oxen dragged the batteries into position , and the wagonloads of food and fodder , weapons and powder bumped fifty miles south-east from Kyrenia to where Famagusta lay , lodged in its bay , divided by ninety broad sea miles from Syria . |
| 28 | ACET volunteers work as part of a team and provide help in many different ways to ensure that people do n't spend time in hospital unnecessarily . |
| 29 | We do n't take time over it . |
| 30 | I treated her rotten whilst I was studying like I would n't take time off studying to go and see her or phone her when I saw her as often as I could , every weekend |