Example sentences of "did [adv] [verb] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 But in those rare flashes when one can shed the present self and all it is in command of I realise that there were really only two occasions when I did personally feel the times on my pulse in such a way that I remember them , and not what I have since reconstructed of them .
2 It 's very obvious that the two of you did not pass the time playing tic tac toe . ’
3 The presence of 200 nmol/l staurosporine did not alter the time course of the desensitisation that was seen when HGT-1 cells were exposed to histamine at 37°C ( data not shown .
4 ( The witness did not mention every time she blinked , for example , or the fact that she was breathing . )
5 Heath did not indicate a time scale for unification , but appears to have seen it materialising even sooner than Wilson .
6 The pack-flat furniture had been invented recognising that younger people had become more mobile and often did not have the time to wait around at home for furniture deliveries .
7 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 .
8 Mr Fractor turned red but did not have the time to answer because the basket was back beside them .
9 Apart from letting them share the brand name and an instant distribution deal , The Wedding Present did not have the time to take on any record company functions for the bands .
10 We did not have the time to visit the swimming-pool three times a week , and we were not interested in pumping iron or trundling around on an exercise bike every morning .
11 A problem was that they did not have the time to do this ; cells were being charged up and time was running out , every spare moment being needed for preparing and measuring active cells .
12 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 !
13 Six attended on 26th October : another resigned by letter ( he " did not have the time to attend meetings " ! )
14 He said he did not have the time .
15 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 !
16 Unfortunately they turned out to be two fools who did n't realise the time , and brought Mountain Rescue out combing the hill for them next morning .
17 I 'm afraid I just did n't realise the time .
18 That 's the trouble with though she did n't stop every time to get ready for the next scene .
19 she could n't she just did n't smile every time like , she was it 's like , I think it 's something to do with , sounds like it 's something to do with the parents maybe .
20 Normally he would have had little patience with the attitudes of the Fromes , but the morning after such a bereavement did n't seem the time to argue the social or political toss with them .
21 This did n't seem the time to remind him that he had seen her wearing considerably less .
22 But I did n't have the time to do anything except prepare for the election during that year . ’
23 We did n't have the time or energy to pay much attention to the other theatres of war , unless we had someone out there .
24 It was a clean , white , rather clinical-looking room , with its white wooden towel rail , its bowl and pitcher of water for those who did n't have the time or inclination to take a bath .
25 I think you find it with most West Indian parents … it was n't so much lack of enthusiasm , they just did n't have the time .
26 Simply did n't have the time to make soap-opera conversation over the fence .
27 It struck me as wonderful stuff , so I got in touch and tried to get them to do the music for Doctor Who , but they just did n't have the time .
28 You know , did n't have the time
29 ‘ I did n't have the time .
30 Madeleine kept repeating that she 'd get down to hacking back the brambles one of these days but on the other hand she did n't have the time .
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