Example sentences of "not the time [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the time to be thinking about what the chief instructor is going to think or say . |
| 2 | The whole unit had to be dismantled to allow a new base to be fitted — a costly and time-consuming disaster , which taught me that 11pm on Saturday , at the end of a tiring day , is not the time to be doing d-i-y ! |
| 3 | With the current interest in fetal nutrition and its influence on health in later life , now is not the time to be turning our backs on this important issue . |
| 4 | Whatever had happened in the past , this was not the time to be aloof , Ashley thought , as she allowed him to lead her away . |
| 5 | Dowty says that after a rocky patch during the recession , when the company was forced to axe 1,800 jobs , it 's fortunes are picking up ; not the time to be selling out . |
| 6 | It was n't the time to be playing silly games . |
| 7 | But with United still bottom of the Second Division and staring relegation in the face , the editor of the club 's fanzine says this is n't the time to be selling star players . |