Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adj] time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Young does not have much time for fancy patterns with three dimensional ‘ fiddly ’ bits . |
| 2 | Mrs Thatcher did not have much time for the body and abolished it after the election victory in 1983 — an example perhaps of her dislike for so-called ‘ professional ’ advice that purports to be above party politics . |
| 3 | I am not quite sure who it was I sat next to because I am such a slow eater that I did not have much time for conversation . |
| 4 | But she did n't have to ask : Comrade Andrew did not have much time for Jasper . |
| 5 | The new Prime Minister Mrs Tansu Ciller is a self confessed disciple of Margaret Thatcher , and as such may not have much time for a liberalisation of sexual attitudes . |
| 6 | Well , we may not have enough time for that , so erm , let's imagine that you 're a sales director , and , now this is more difficult . |
| 7 | Insp Butler 's hobbies are tracing family trees and watching cricket , although he admits nowadays he does not get much time for either . |
| 8 | The Israeli Prime Minister , Itzhak Shamir , who was visiting Washington at the time the invitations were sent out , reacted angrily , stating that a Dec. 4 starting date did not allow enough time for Israel to prepare . |
| 9 | In his hurry to return to Italy the magistrate did not allow sufficient time for the necessary light exposure and , despite protests from the technicians , rushed off with the recording . |
| 10 | I have a modest interest in pictures and antiques and I will now have more time for the sale rooms . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't have much time for that sort of thing myself , ’ said Wilcox . |
| 12 | But I did n't have much time for celebrating it in Scotland . |
| 13 | ‘ I DO N'T have much time for visiting , parties , etc. , just work damn hard and collapse at home ’ , John wrote in August 1944 to Hanns Ebensten , back in Johannesburg . |
| 14 | We did n't have much time for subtle distinctions down in East Oxford . |
| 15 | This was a Karen I had n't seen before , and one I did n't have much time for , to be frank . |
| 16 | ‘ I wo n't have much time for the pictures any more . |
| 17 | He did n't have much time for politicians as a breed . |
| 18 | Mark , 43 , did n't have much time for Jane , either . |
| 19 | I really did n't have much time for school . |
| 20 | She did n't have much time for Grandad 's artistic flair . |
| 21 | He took them all off and that made Constanza laugh at once , but she did n't have much time for him , she was in love with someone else and he had enlisted . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd feel sorry for you , but I 'm afraid I do n't have much time for the poor little rich girl syndrome . |
| 23 | And they do n't have much time for him . |
| 24 | You do n't have any time for silly trivial things . |
| 25 | You do n't have enough time for me any more . |
| 26 | It did n't leave much time for going out to play , and I resented it a great deal . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't get much time for reading , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ but I 've a rough idea what he was about . |
| 28 | He does n't get much time for reflection , and when he does he tends to get depressed . |
| 29 | Well in here you do n't get double time for a Sunday , . |