Example sentences of "not [vb infin] the time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , they have not really the transport for a journey as far as this and in any case , they could not spare the time from work . ’ |
| 2 | Unfortunately , we do not know the time of year when Lady Godiva is supposed to have ridden out . |
| 3 | As Bloch has commented , ‘ To us accustomed to live with our eyes constantly turning to the clock , how remote from our civilization seems this society in which a court of law could not ascertain the time of day without discussion and inquiry ! ’ |
| 4 | It was an enormous subject upon which we had embarked , and I felt that , as a minor guest of the monastery , I must not monopolize the time of the guest whom everyone wanted to meet . |
| 5 | Although in the oases they made gardens , perhaps even carried on other spare-time occupations , they were forbidden to trade and did not have the time to be truck drivers . |
| 6 | You simply do not have the time for the ‘ one — pause — two ’ sequences so beloved in basic training . |
| 7 | I did not have the time for this myself , but clearly , a solution is to lie in wait for this photograph on one of those days when the time of performance does not coincide with the time of sunset ! |
| 8 | I did not have the time for this myself , but clearly , a solution is to lie in wait for this photograph on one of those days when the time of performance does not coincide with the time of sunset ! |
| 9 | I say to their parents , why bother having children if you do not take the time of effort to care for them ? |
| 10 | If you do n't make the time for training due to the work , pressures or deadlines or backlogs , and if you 're not training others they make mistakes do n't they ? |
| 11 | Erm well coal er is quite a dirty fuel when it 's burnt erm D Didcot power station er this is the sort of pollution you get from Didcot power station , it does n't give the time on there er you might be surprised to , to realize that 's actually er per day erm that 's the amount of pollution you get per day from a large coalfired power station . |
| 12 | ‘ Would n't have the time for it , Vicky . ’ |
| 13 | But interestingly , a huge proportion , of the people , said , Do n't change the time of the services . |
| 14 | And the revenue got mean and decided it could n't afford the time of serving officers and it left pre-retirement council and other bodies with a gap to fill er the only other people who are er professional if you like , who could fill it , would be accountants and they were n't available . |
| 15 | I mean she might suddenly find that she ca n't get the time off the hotel , or she changes her mind , I do n't know . |