Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adj] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | For citizens can not spend all their time being nationalists : they have to take time off to be members of families , producers , local government councillors and the like . |
| 2 | The other is that draughtsmen do not spend all their time actually drawing . |
| 3 | Of course , Preston did not spend all his time looking out for the holes . |
| 4 | He should not spend all his time on a few only of the questions . |
| 5 | So I did not spend all my time peering upwards , searching the skies for those rumoured golden eagles . |
| 6 | Even the written word , by conjuring up the Eliot tone of voice , could express this kind of humorous gravity , for example , his remark in the ‘ Dialogue on Dramatic Poetry ’ that ‘ we can not spend all our time reading large philosophical works ’ . |
| 7 | You can not spend all your time cooking and cleaning and working . |
| 8 | " I trust you will not spend all your time hunting , Madame Sherman , " he added , smiling for the first time . |