Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not expect a comfortable time . |
| 2 | Answer your first-choice question and , if you finish or run out of anything else to write before the allocated time , do not give the extra time to the second question but keep it in reserve for the end of the examination . |
| 3 | We can not pinpoint the exact time that property passes without first classifying the contract . |
| 4 | Leather corals , unlike some coelenterates , do not spend the entire time fully expanded . |
| 5 | Do not spend the whole time talking about yourself , your job and your life . |
| 6 | For safety 's sake , some events may not use an optimum time — so check this with the organisers . |
| 7 | I can not remember a previous time when we have bought back a former council house . |
| 8 | WHEELCHAIR passengers do not have an easy time when they travel by rail . |
| 9 | You 'll not have an easy time with her , Marilla . ’ |
| 10 | Invergordon did not have an easy time of it in 1992 , a fact reflected both by turnover , down 8 per cent at £85 million , and operating profits , down 3.8 per cent at £35.3 million . |
| 11 | Certainly in this study it was clear that there were farmers who did not have the necessary time to do the job fully . |
| 12 | Sponsorship for WISE vehicles does not permit the full time staffing of vehicles whilst they are on school visits . |
| 13 | She could not recall a specific time when it had been moved . |
| 14 | In general , do not exceed the total time of the still air pattern by more than 1 minute . |
| 15 | As some debates may not last the full time allotted to them , it is the responsibility of hon. Members to keep in touch with developments if they are not to miss their turn . |
| 16 | I do n't think No accepted time I do n't think so . |
| 17 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 18 | Erm when we were telephoned at home and called out to report to Police Station erm I ca n't remember the exact time that we got to Police Station and it would have been er somewhere in the region of four o'clock in the morning . |
| 19 | Tony , 47 , who once admitted to drinking up to twelve pints a night , just ca n't resist a good time . |
| 20 | The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying ! |
| 21 | The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying ! |
| 22 | Ca n't have a jolly time without your mates . |
| 23 | ‘ I think it is very important to encourage younger women to see that it is possible to combine a career with having a family , that you do n't miss out on your children — my son wakes up every Saturday so excited that it 's the weekend , not because he does n't have a lovely time during the week , but because there 's nothing for him quite like his parents . ’ |
| 24 | You co you could turn round and say , alright they did n't have a full time C O three they had |
| 25 | Jaye was brought up in Hertfordshire and did n't have a happy time of it . |
| 26 | The paper hypothesises that manufacturers wo n't have an easy time developing 66MHz/64-bit machines with the P5 chip and that P24T is something in the way of a stop-gap measure , speeds up the 486DX2 upgrade path . |
| 27 | ‘ I still get a kick out of listening to records that do n't have an ingrained time period , records by people like The Cravats or Metal Urban or early Cabaret Voltaire . |
| 28 | ‘ We ca n't fix a definite time of death until after the post mortem , but we 're working on the assumption that it was shortly after the time agreed for the rendezvous — midnight . |
| 29 | There are so many versions of it already , and now does n't seem the right time to do it — I think I would rather wait until I was more established , and have something different to say about it . ’ |