Example sentences of "not [verb] [to-vb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Westminster they disembarked at King 's Steps , Corbett pulling the hood of his cloak over his head to avoid recognition by any of his colleagues in the Chancery or the Exchequer for he did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter . |
| 2 | People arguing about whether black swans exist , for instance , do not need to spend much time agreeing first what a black swan is . |
| 3 | ‘ I … er … ca n't , ’ said Endill , not wanting to waste any time . |
| 4 | Unfortunately that is not going to happen any time soon . |
| 5 | And although you know , to all intents and purposes , those appointments are inviolate , I know that they 're in pink on the slide , but they are inviolate in terms of I 'm not going to cede that time to anyone else . |
| 6 | A Duke of Aquitaine in the style of 1176 and 1179 was not going to have much time for customs which reflected the political realities of earlier days . |
| 7 | Having said that he would be specific about six to 16 months , the Minister then said that he does not wish to use specific time periods when discussing the matter . |
| 8 | The Tories did come near to letting Neil Kinnock steal the election from us , but if the party either blames it all on Chris Patten or just forgets the matter as a bad dream , it would not deserve to win next time . |
| 9 | Yeah , yeah and then they 'll be able to stay Joseph and Charlotte will be full time in January they 're allowed to , I think what it is , is , they 're allowed to start when they 're small part time but they 're not allowed to go full time until the term they 're gon na be five in and you see Charlotte will be five in March and because I think that comes before the Easter of the Bank Holiday , erm she 'll be able to start January full time , where you 're supposed to , you know , three years they 'll all be |
| 10 | We continue to see the G M B Retired Members and spousen Spouses Association growing in strength , but we can not afford to waste precious time . |
| 11 | Menshikov could not afford to devote much time to his Finnish duties , but " identified Finland with his own authority " . |
| 12 | The first is that they should be sufficiently familiar with the company 's affairs already not to need to take further time to acquaint themselves with its business in order to provide the valuation . |