Example sentences of "not [vb infin] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Do not expect a comfortable time . |
2 | I can not remember a previous time when we have bought back a former council house . |
3 | She could not recall a specific time when it had been moved . |
4 | Tony , 47 , who once admitted to drinking up to twelve pints a night , just ca n't resist a good time . |
5 | 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 ! |
6 | 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 ! |
7 | Ca n't have a jolly time without your mates . |
8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
9 | You co you could turn round and say , alright they did n't have a full time C O three they had |
10 | Jaye was brought up in Hertfordshire and did n't have a happy time of it . |
11 | ‘ 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 . |