Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not expect a comfortable time . |
| 2 | So , while there is no need to spoil the fun by trying to make an over-blown production out of your Christmas video , why not give a little time and thought to ways of showing the excitement leading up to the day itself . |
| 3 | I can not remember a previous time when we have bought back a former council house . |
| 4 | The mountain before them was the birthplace of mankind ; and he referred the ladies , while excusing himself with an ingratiating laugh for mentioning an indelicate subject , to the authority of Our Saviour 's words to Nicodemus , where it is stated that a man can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born once more . |
| 5 | He can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born , can he ? |
| 6 | She could not recall a specific time when it had been moved . |
| 7 | ‘ We were very alarmed when Sean told us that they needed to look at you again , and you did n't ring a second time … so we were afraid … . ’ |
| 8 | Tony , 47 , who once admitted to drinking up to twelve pints a night , just ca n't resist a good time . |
| 9 | They could n't have a better time to do it . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | Ca n't have a jolly time without your mates . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | You co you could turn round and say , alright they did n't have a full time C O three they had |
| 15 | Jaye was brought up in Hertfordshire and did n't have a happy time of it . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | The doorbell does n't go a third time . |