Example sentences of "not [verb] in [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the receiver of the gift can not respond in due time with a ‘ counter-gift ’ ( counter gifts can not be given too soon after gifts , because this would imply a logic of calculation which would deplete the symbolic force of the exchange ) then the giver is in a position of creditor and the receiver in one of debtor . |
| 2 | Extinct volcanoes are those that have not erupted in historic time , whereas active volcanoes have been seen to erupt . |
| 3 | If it is not working in that time then the chart should be discontinued . |
| 4 | It had been five hours since he 'd got home , and he had n't slept in that time . |
| 5 | wherever you go wherever you go there 's gon na be all this upheaval and I mean let's face it if the Tories do n't get in this time , and pray god they do n't , Labour 's gon na completely |
| 6 | Well if Labour do n't get in do n't get in this time , the only person they can blame is their leader . |