Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [vb infin] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 2 | He apologized and explained , but she did not waste time in argument . |
| 3 | As for the countryside , the main complaint of the wage labourer was of underemployment and at certain seasons of the agricultural calendar many of them must have wished they did not have time on their hands . |
| 4 | The right hon. Gentleman did not provide time for such a debate because he did not want to embarrass the Tory party so close to a general election . |
| 5 | Work for the A-level examination in English Literature means a narrow concentration on a limited number of texts , and curricular pressures do not leave time for the undirected contextual reading that would provide broader literary experience . |
| 6 | We do not waste time on abstract philosophical arguments about ‘ rights ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Rich people do not waste time in our village . ’ |
| 8 | Do not use time as an excuse , he wrote . |
| 9 | If parents do not find time for such training they will spend more time scolding and correcting at a later stage . |
| 10 | Similarly the seller under a contract of sale might undertake to use best endeavours to deliver the goods on time : The Sellers will use their best endeavours to secure delivery of the goods on the estimated delivery dates from time to time furnished , but they do not guarantee time of delivery . |
| 11 | In effect , large objects moving at hypersonic velocities do not have time to ‘ see ’ the atmosphere before cratering the surface . |
| 12 | Some commentators get so excited about identifying the stuff with an excretion of insects living on twigs of the tamarisk , that they do not have time for much else . |
| 13 | I personally do not have time for delays in this operation , and my approach has been ratified at the highest levels . |
| 14 | That they are empty other than at times when children are out of their classrooms or outside the school premises is a constant reminder that primary-school teachers do not have time in the working day to do other than teach . |
| 15 | He did n't waste time on small talk . |
| 16 | This was not to say that he did n't spend time with the army , lending vigorous help as the trains of oxen dragged the batteries into position , and the wagonloads of food and fodder , weapons and powder bumped fifty miles south-east from Kyrenia to where Famagusta lay , lodged in its bay , divided by ninety broad sea miles from Syria . |
| 17 | Defries did n't have time for talk . |
| 18 | She no longer needed it ; did n't have time for it . |
| 19 | Mind you , I did n't have time for a refresher course , we just had to get on with it . |
| 20 | It used to be dinner for us at night , you see , cos we did n't have time for stopping like at lunchtime . |
| 21 | If it was n't ready , just as he liked it , there would be trouble and that was something she just did n't have time for . |
| 22 | ‘ Five of the grandchildren went to Euro Disney on a school trip and loved it but did n't have time to really do it justice . |
| 23 | She did n't have time to more than glance at it before two pairs of strong hands lifted her from the stools , and placed her unceremoniously on a table top . |
| 24 | And I did n't have time to pussyfoot around . |
| 25 | You did n't have time to er to go and er , and play too much . |
| 26 | last year we did n't have time to really |
| 27 | I Did n't have time to fucking cut the beef this morning , in the butchers . |
| 28 | No , Claire was going but she had , did n't have time on the way back |
| 29 | Leon did n't have time over the next hour to wonder what the energetic , highly competent and reliable Wellington had been doing to make him sweat . |
| 30 | Stand by your principles but do n't waste time on lost causes . |