Example sentences of "not the time [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not the time for prayer . |
| 2 | ‘ It is not the time for vaulting that five-bar gate , ’ he says . |
| 3 | ‘ For God 's sake , Laura — this is not the time for conversation ! ’ |
| 4 | Tory smallholdings spokesman Coun Michael Hedley said : ‘ We agree the county council should keep the future of the estate under consideration but now is not the time for change . ’ |
| 5 | They have not the time for speech training , and are perhaps afraid to embarrass you , and by criticising your speech to add to your shyness in discussion . |
| 6 | Now was not the time for emotion , but for logic . |
| 7 | This is not the time to subject me to some kind of general knowledge quiz … or to make love to me , although heaven knows I 'd like you to . |