Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | We do not waste time on abstract philosophical arguments about ‘ rights ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Rich people do not waste time in our village . ’ |
| 4 | Do not use time as an excuse , he wrote . |
| 5 | If parents do not find time for such training they will spend more time scolding and correcting at a later stage . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In effect , large objects moving at hypersonic velocities do not have time to ‘ see ’ the atmosphere before cratering the surface . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I personally do not have time for delays in this operation , and my approach has been ratified at the highest levels . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Stand by your principles but do n't waste time on lost causes . |
| 12 | I mean if you ca n't get it quite quickly and get to grips with it , do n't waste time on it . |
| 13 | As we filed out , Joy noticed ill-disguised interest on the faces of the undertaker and bearers of the next party waiting for their ceremony ( they do n't waste time in these places , and you may be penalized if you are late ) . |
| 14 | If by then you are within five minutes of the end of the examination period do n't waste time by writing such fatuous remarks as " sorry , no time " . |
| 15 | Do n't waste time by playing games . |
| 16 | Do n't waste time by avoiding difficult issues . |
| 17 | We do n't take time over it . |
| 18 | You 're sort of running around all the time , so you do n't get time for anything else . |
| 19 | You 're sorta runnin' about all the time , so you do n't get time for anythin' else really . |
| 20 | It enables those who do n't have time to be volunteers to get involved . |
| 21 | ‘ Doctors do n't have time to be beautiful , ’ Charity informed her ruefully . |
| 22 | but erm , I think I down by his legs , all this and erm , you know , its bang , bang its just like , its over in a split second , you do n't have time to be this , I was there and there nobody really new what was going on and all this sort of stuff , he was probably one of most honest about , well , one of the most honest little bloke more willing to speak about it , and he had this other one it was right you know like , er , well I 'm already taking further than I 'm willing to go on this course , what you need is , well look , you know , all I know is that we was first , saying no more than that , not willing to go . |
| 23 | Firstly because editors and journalists and so forth get an awful lot of them , and do n't have time to pore over them , and secondly because they pick them up , they sort of come in , they look at it and say , ‘ I ca n't see how I can use this . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't have time for lunch , ’ said Sara . |
| 25 | ‘ The good ones do n't have time for long drunken lunches , and you get better results by getting them to give you and the client a sandwich in a bar at six p.m . |
| 26 | ‘ See , she 's an usherette now , so she do n't have time for me no more . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't have time for all this rubbish . ’ |
| 28 | We do n't have time for the sort of substantive exchanges we would like . |
| 29 | Seymour Cray is still hopeful of bringing his crippled Cray Computer Corp safely in to land , and this week told shareholders that the pay-off will come not with the Cray-3 , but with the Cray-4 the company is developing — ‘ People who predict that things ca n't be done — I guess I do n't have time for them , ’ he told shareholders sternly — ‘ That 's the challenge that I 'm willing to accept in trying to do things that ca n't be done ’ ; the Cray-3 was launched last month , a decade after Cray started work on it , but the Cray-4 is expected to offer twice the performance at half the cost , and the company hopes to demonstrate it by year-end ; it says it has enough cash to fund operations into September and says it is working with two investment banking firms on fund-raising strategies . |
| 30 | We do n't have time for it . ’ |