Example sentences of "not [verb] much time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been known for a tough roadman-sprinter to control the race in these big hills , not to lose much time on the Ballon , then rejoin the leading group , dominate them on the long downhill run into Mulhouse and win the stage . |
| 2 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |
| 3 | ‘ No , he 's not got much time for anything but work . |
| 4 | It is probable that we ask permission to use certain shots in the production , and as we have not got much time before the edit , I wonder if you could let us have 1″ PAL copies of these three films ? |
| 5 | Although we need not spend much time on it , it is important to be clear that Marxism is atheistic . |
| 6 | We will not spend much time on the syllabic pronunciation of these consonants . |
| 7 | Mr Young does not have much time for fancy patterns with three dimensional ‘ fiddly ’ bits . |
| 8 | Mrs Thatcher did not have much time for the body and abolished it after the election victory in 1983 — an example perhaps of her dislike for so-called ‘ professional ’ advice that purports to be above party politics . |
| 9 | I am not quite sure who it was I sat next to because I am such a slow eater that I did not have much time for conversation . |
| 10 | But she did n't have to ask : Comrade Andrew did not have much time for Jasper . |
| 11 | The new Prime Minister Mrs Tansu Ciller is a self confessed disciple of Margaret Thatcher , and as such may not have much time for a liberalisation of sexual attitudes . |
| 12 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
| 13 | Insp Butler 's hobbies are tracing family trees and watching cricket , although he admits nowadays he does not get much time for either . |
| 14 | Summers will not waste much time over the appointment . |
| 15 | He need not devote much time to the programme once it is up and running , since most of the work performed by a rehabilitation programme can safely be delegated to nurses , clinical assistants , physiotherapists , occupational therapists , psychologists , dietitians and others . |
| 16 | COSE being such a last orders affair , they were n't given much time at the time they were asked , apparently by Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 17 | I have n't got much time for Egon Ronay . |
| 18 | no we ai n't got much time for pinting have you ? |
| 19 | I had n't got much time for him and he knew it ! |
| 20 | She said if he ca n't come out to the children And he has good as told her that he had n't got much time for children , visiting children . |
| 21 | So really , I do n't spend much time on it at all — five minutes maximum ! |
| 22 | So do n't spend much time on that . |
| 23 | Please feel free to comment , I did n't spend much time on it and I 've still got that bloody hangover ! ! |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I did n't spend much time in Trob . |
| 25 | You have n't had much time for domestic life of late , have you ? |
| 26 | What with one thing and another she had n't had much time for sleep last night . |
| 27 | ‘ I guess I have n't had much time for … fun . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't have much time for that sort of thing myself , ’ said Wilcox . |
| 29 | But I did n't have much time for celebrating it in Scotland . |
| 30 | ‘ I DO N'T have much time for visiting , parties , etc. , just work damn hard and collapse at home ’ , John wrote in August 1944 to Hanns Ebensten , back in Johannesburg . |