Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't waste time in useless persuasion . |
| 2 | And he had six people to work with who would n't waste time on stupid questions about the baby 's emotional welfare , who saw as clearly as he did the greater fascination in the sheaves of data they had already collected on the child since his birth . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Now he would n't have time for either . |
| 5 | And she thought , quite calmly : this is n't good enough for me , I shall get further if I 'm pulled , I ca n't waste time in going first . |
| 6 | You ca n't have time as a decimal , time is not a decimal . |
| 7 | S Time is not a decimal so you ca n't operate time as a decimal . |
| 8 | I ca n't find time for you , |
| 9 | When you add in all the filler ( Tony Greig interviewing Ian Chappell , Ian Chappell interviewing Tony Greig , Merv Hughes interviewing his moustache ) that wo n't leave time for an awful lot of cricket . |
| 10 | Wo n't have time to appetite . |
| 11 | ‘ You wo n't have time for all this stuff when we get home again , what with the oven to clean and everything , ’ he persisted . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm only spoiling you like this , ’ lied my mother , ‘ because when you 've got a home of your own you wo n't have time for breakfast in bed . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If you stay here much longer you wo n't have time for all that sightseeing , ’ she warned Oliver . |
| 14 | ‘ You wo n't have time for a proper meal but you must eat something — we do n't want you fainting at a crucial moment , do we ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Soon you wo n't have time for the old man . ’ |
| 16 | Well if you do that we wo n't have time for the shop . |
| 17 | Peter Banning ( Robin Williams ) is an American attorney turned corporate pirate , who wo n't find time for his children ( Charlie Korsmo and Amber Scott ) and sees no irony in accusing them of childishness . |