Example sentences of "he [vb mod] n't [vb infin] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't waste time in useless persuasion . |
| 2 | He could n't dismiss the images , he could n't stay Time 's hand as it turned page after page of that memory-album until tears flooded his eyes at the scenes recalled : his mother , her brown hair screwed into a bun at the back of her head , taking him to see a house at Edgeworthstown where she said a famous woman writer had lived ; he had n't paid much attention , not being interested in books then , but when he grew older he read Maria Edgeworth 's novels and went again for himself to gaze at her home . |
| 3 | But not too concerned that he could n't find time to drop into Simon Butcher 's to have his picture taken . ’ |
| 4 | Now he would n't have time for either . |
| 5 | He would n't have time to save himself ; the splash as he entered the stream would be the most satisfying sound she would hear in a long time . |
| 6 | The impression I have is that once the Brabham-taming begins he wo n't have time to speak to us again , never mind buy lunches . |
| 7 | Cos he wo n't have time any other time . |