Example sentences of "he did [adv] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not waste time describing his route to the truth . |
| 2 | He did not have time to dwell on the finer points of policy detail , and despite Kirk 's Ron-concurrence " he would have to send his telegram . |
| 3 | Over her shoulder , lying on the black leather upholstery of the back seat , he could see a black velour trilby which was vaguely familiar , though for the moment he did not have time to sort out exactly why or how . |
| 4 | He did not have time to study any more , and the long hours of work on the farm made him tired and dull . |
| 5 | He did not have time now to investigate his own feelings , but somewhere at the back of his mind was the thought that he was , himself , no idealist . |
| 6 | He did not have time to check his mirrors for police cars as he passed All Hallows-on-the-Wall and plunged into the long straight canyon of London Wall . |
| 7 | The runner , who has always protested that he is innocent , insists that the only reason he did not provide a sample at the 1991 GRE Cup meeting was that he did not have time before he had to go to work . |
| 8 | Roland had never been much interested in Randolph Henry Ash 's vanished body ; he did not spend time visiting his house in Russell Street , or sitting where he had sat , on stone garden seats ; that was Cropper 's style . |
| 9 | He did n't waste time . |
| 10 | He did n't waste time on small talk . |
| 11 | Oh in decent state he did n't last time I scrubbed well I wou |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | John Barrett , who succeeded his lifelong friend as the BBC 's senior tennis commentator , said : ‘ It 's so sad that he did n't have time to enjoy his retirement . |
| 14 | ‘ He did n't have time to kill me , so he kissed me . ’ |
| 15 | But he did n't have time to speculate now as he strode across the office with the others following , down the ‘ corridor ’ between the screens and towards the double-doors directly ahead which would give access to the secondary staircase . |
| 16 | However , he did n't have time now for self-reproach , nor to wonder why Isabel 's seeming betrayal had cut so deeply that he had instantly thought the worst of her , had immediately accepted Matilda 's word though he 'd known how vindictive and spiteful the woman could be . |
| 17 | He was a taciturn man who found it difficult to talk to a boy ; but he did sometimes spare time to tell him of his travels in the wilder parts of Alberta , of encounters with grizzly bears , white water rushing through narrow gorges , being lost in unexpected snowstorms , in an unconquered wilderness totally alien to his suburb-bred son . |