Example sentences of "they do [adv] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not waste time there but headed downhill , taking the shepherds ' road that slanted luminous green between clusters of birches , their shadows stretching ahead like gawky giants so that the children jigged to make the shadows jump and curved their fingers from their heads to give the giants silhouettes like devils . |
| 2 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 3 | For example , if someone says that they did not have time to read the material and asks for a summary from the author or chairman , politely refuse . |
| 4 | They did not have time to destroy the ship 's logbook and this , combined with the testimony of the survivors , was evidence enough for Eck and those of the crew who had carried out the shooting to be arrested and tried by court-martial . |
| 5 | As for the countryside , the main complaint of the wage labourer was of underemployment and at certain seasons of the agricultural calendar many of them must have wished they did not have time on their hands . |
| 6 | They did n't last time did they ? |
| 7 | I should say at this point that the channel 1 ‘ clip ’ indicator on this example does n't work , although you ca n't blame the British distributors , as we were in such a rush to lay hands on the Acousticube that they did n't have time to check it ( also , pushing the Line/Mic button on channel 2 produces a large bang through the speaker ) . |
| 8 | ‘ In the end , they told me to give him a bottle because he was too hungry to feed properly , but looking back I 'm sure it was because they did n't have time to help me ; and after two days I had to go home because they needed the bed . |
| 9 | They do n't waste time . ’ |
| 10 | As we filed out , Joy noticed ill-disguised interest on the faces of the undertaker and bearers of the next party waiting for their ceremony ( they do n't waste time in these places , and you may be penalized if you are late ) . |
| 11 | They do n't have time to verify stuff , a lot of the time they just put it out and it turns out to be false . |
| 12 | Perhaps they do n't have time to stand and talk like we used to . |
| 13 | I mean people move faster now , they do n't have time . |
| 14 | I do n't know why they do n't have time , but er they do n't . |
| 15 | Nevertheless the essential social situation remains they same — they are marginal and disposable as workers , they are isolated , even more than women with young children who do n't work , for they do n't have time to meet others in parks and playgrounds , and they have the stress of simultaneously minding children and working . |
| 16 | I mean some people adopt the approach of trying to d do it all in about two hours just before the deadline so they do n't have time to feel self critical erm I think perhaps if you can , you know , rather than , rather than trying to do it all at once I mean the business of , of going through successive drafts of things and gradually getting them better and better , I mean the first drafts of things that I write are , are usually just scribbles on the back of a piece of paper that 's , with something else on the front |
| 17 | Some commentators get so excited about identifying the stuff with an excretion of insects living on twigs of the tamarisk , that they do not have time for much else . |
| 18 | Similarly the seller under a contract of sale might undertake to use best endeavours to deliver the goods on time : The Sellers will use their best endeavours to secure delivery of the goods on the estimated delivery dates from time to time furnished , but they do not guarantee time of delivery . |