Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [verb] [art] 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 | That 's the trouble with though she did n't stop every time to get ready for the next scene . |
| 4 | she could n't she just did n't smile every time like , she was it 's like , I think it 's something to do with , sounds like it 's something to do with the parents maybe . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This did n't seem the time to remind him that he had seen her wearing considerably less . |
| 7 | But I did n't have the time to do anything except prepare for the election during that year . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Simply did n't have the time to make soap-opera conversation over the fence . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You know , did n't have the time |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't have the time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I do n't know whether they they , I suppose they really did n't have the time . |
| 17 | you done everything exactly the same , only you did n't have the time to do it in . |
| 18 | But , of course you did n't , you did n't have the time to do a lot in the muddy light beat you . |
| 19 | ‘ We did n't have the time , and we did n't have the people , ’ said Dorcas softly . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ They did n't have the time any more and we started stocking things like cook-in sauces . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | he did n't have the time . |
| 24 | She felt he was looking at her professionally now : a woman who had only had two cups of coffee for breakfast , who had not gone shopping or taken herself out to lunch as she had planned , who , in the old days , never seemed to waste a minute , who never laid down in the middle of the day and yet was now stretched out on the bed , inert , apathetic , openly admitting that she had n't realised the time . |
| 25 | Common sense should have told her that he had n't had the time , even if he 'd had the inclination , to arrange that visit from those two men . |
| 26 | As sprinter Mike MacFarlane said of his parents ' total lack of encouragement : ‘ It was 'cause they had n't got the time to think about it . ’ |
| 27 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
| 28 | ‘ She had n't got the time ! |