Example sentences of "[verb] n't [vb infin] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately they turned out to be two fools who did n't realise the time , and brought Mountain Rescue out combing the hill for them next morning . |
| 2 | I 'm afraid I just did n't realise the time . |
| 3 | Normally he would have had little patience with the attitudes of the Fromes , but the morning after such a bereavement did n't seem the time to argue the social or political toss with them . |
| 4 | This did n't seem the time to remind him that he had seen her wearing considerably less . |
| 5 | But I did n't have the time to do anything except prepare for the election during that year . ’ |
| 6 | We did n't have the time or energy to pay much attention to the other theatres of war , unless we had someone out there . |
| 7 | It was a clean , white , rather clinical-looking room , with its white wooden towel rail , its bowl and pitcher of water for those who did n't have the time or inclination to take a bath . |
| 8 | I think you find it with most West Indian parents … it was n't so much lack of enthusiasm , they just did n't have the time . |
| 9 | Simply did n't have the time to make soap-opera conversation over the fence . |
| 10 | It struck me as wonderful stuff , so I got in touch and tried to get them to do the music for Doctor Who , but they just did n't have the time . |
| 11 | You know , did n't have the time |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't have the time . |
| 13 | Madeleine kept repeating that she 'd get down to hacking back the brambles one of these days but on the other hand she did n't have the time . |
| 14 | I do n't know whether they they , I suppose they really did n't have the time . |
| 15 | you done everything exactly the same , only you did n't have the time to do it in . |
| 16 | But , of course you did n't , you did n't have the time to do a lot in the muddy light beat you . |
| 17 | ‘ We did n't have the time , and we did n't have the people , ’ said Dorcas softly . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ They did n't have the time any more and we started stocking things like cook-in sauces . |
| 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 |
| 21 | he did n't have the time . |
| 22 | Once they 've completed their trip all they want to do is head off back home and they simply do n't devote the time , energy and money on clearing up . |
| 23 | In Britain I do n't think the time is right for it . |
| 24 | Cos they do n't want the time , they do n't want two hours dragging about on their legs . |
| 25 | He says that the children are responding to a need in themselves , and believes that many adults do n't make the time to slow down and think about what they really need . |
| 26 | If you do n't make the time for training due to the work , pressures or deadlines or backlogs , and if you 're not training others they make mistakes do n't they ? |
| 27 | But interestingly , a huge proportion , of the people , said , Do n't change the time of the services . |
| 28 | ‘ They do n't get the time to turn out a script of real quality . |
| 29 | The final word on Tony Iommi 's custom-built JD guitar has to come from John Diggins himself : ‘ Apart from the fact that Tony 's been threatening to take me out for a drink ever since I 've known him , things have changed a lot , and now we do n't get the time to get together any more . |
| 30 | That 's why I do n't need the time off . ’ |