Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a more personal level , Riley has said : ‘ The game is the same but the stakes are higher for women – – You need time to reflect , you are alone essentially , and I knew that I could n't give the time and thought to bringing up children or caring for another person on an intimate level . |
| 2 | Eventually she would train them to produce the kinds of designs she favoured , but for the moment , until she had her first collection down on paper , quite frankly she could n't spare the time . |
| 3 | Ironically , Fernandez was a brilliant lobbyist in Washington for more federal funds for New York schools , and he 'll be sorely missed , but he could n't find the time to play the politics of his own backyard . |
| 4 | They 'd planned a trip to Warwick Castle , but she could n't get the time off . |
| 5 | I 'd wanted Doug to be with me , but he could n't get the time off . |
| 6 | Unfortunately for the CEGB , it could n't seize the time and push ahead as fast with its plans as it wanted . |
| 7 | I could n't afford the time . |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't afford the time , even if I had the money , ’ says Robyn . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Staff said they could n't afford the time to supervise him constantly.But although it may have been convenient to social workers to restrain a stroke victim in a trolley , Peter Chandler has one word to describe the experience : |
| 11 | Mortimer had emptied his Browning by now , and could n't risk the time to reload . |