Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That young so-and-so might easily have got his Betty into trouble , if he had not caught them in time . |
| 2 | The killing of Polanski 's wife — who was in her last month of pregnancy and carrying a ‘ perfectly formed ’ baby son , also murdered — along with three friends and a totally unconnected young man of eighteen who had been visiting a caretaker living in the grounds , naturally caused Polanski extreme mental torture , made worse by the knowledge that he had promised to return to the house himself and had not made it in time . |
| 3 | And our agreement does not provide us for time off with pay for an event such as this . |
| 4 | The agreements that we have will not provide us with time off with pay for this purpose . |
| 5 | It 's no great problem but I 'm not getting it on time . |
| 6 | Preference rules may be broken ; in fact it would be very difficult not to break them from time to time as some of them conflict . |
| 7 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 8 | She saw them coming , yet knew she could not intercept them in time . |
| 9 | In fact , Shiona very nearly did n't make it in time . |
| 10 | Oh , a man 's pressed the button we ca n't make it in time . |
| 11 | the bumper bundle of review samples they were sending has n't reached us in time for this issue , though , so look out next month for further toe-tappin' details ! |
| 12 | Yes , because er they did n't produce it in time so therefore it could n't be printed |
| 13 | I just ca n't stand it at times , but they ca n't give me anything for it . |
| 14 | There is a saying , although it is accepted by smokers as being mildly humorous , ‘ Dope will get you through times of no money , but money wo n't get you through times of no dope . ’ |