Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , they have not really the transport for a journey as far as this and in any case , they could not spare the time from work . ’ |
| 2 | In typical style Shaheen had commissioned the QE2 to take a large party of people to the opening and offered me a cabin on her , but as I could not spare the time and was not sure that I would be entirely at home with my fellow passengers , I flew over in response to his invitation . |
| 3 | Even at first assessment the difficulties faced by these dementia sufferers are apparent : two-thirds could not identify three coins , three out of five could not name three or four parts of a watch , and one half could not tell the time or correctly select a medicine bottle . |
| 4 | But her hand was shaking so much that she could not tell the time . |
| 5 | As Bloch has commented , ‘ To us accustomed to live with our eyes constantly turning to the clock , how remote from our civilization seems this society in which a court of law could not ascertain the time of day without discussion and inquiry ! ’ |
| 6 | Of the 36 who agreed to participate , three eventually could not find the time . |
| 7 | Lord Sempill could not afford the time , and flew home , so Fred Crocombe decided to take his place for the rest of the flight , with Wood as the sole pilot . |
| 8 | The school could not afford the time or expense of putting bar-codes on all stock in both libraries . |
| 9 | Clara could not count the times she had heard her mother declare that when she died she would be dead , and she would n't care what happened to her body , and for all site cared they could put her out for the dustman to collect sentiments which from the first had filled Clara with a vague alarm and horror , for they were clearly reasonable enough in their own way . |
| 10 | Most obviously it means that the ‘ birds ’ sang at a previous moment in time but it could also mean the time of year , the time of the poet 's life , and most strikingly , it could be another word connected with death . |
| 11 | On a more personal level , Riley has said : ‘ The game is the same but the stakes are higher for women – – You need time to reflect , you are alone essentially , and I knew that I could n't give the time and thought to bringing up children or caring for another person on an intimate level . |
| 12 | Eventually she would train them to produce the kinds of designs she favoured , but for the moment , until she had her first collection down on paper , quite frankly she could n't spare the time . |
| 13 | Ironically , Fernandez was a brilliant lobbyist in Washington for more federal funds for New York schools , and he 'll be sorely missed , but he could n't find the time to play the politics of his own backyard . |
| 14 | They 'd planned a trip to Warwick Castle , but she could n't get the time off . |
| 15 | I 'd wanted Doug to be with me , but he could n't get the time off . |
| 16 | Unfortunately for the CEGB , it could n't seize the time and push ahead as fast with its plans as it wanted . |
| 17 | I could n't afford the time . |
| 18 | ‘ I could n't afford the time , even if I had the money , ’ says Robyn . |
| 19 | And the revenue got mean and decided it could n't afford the time of serving officers and it left pre-retirement council and other bodies with a gap to fill er the only other people who are er professional if you like , who could fill it , would be accountants and they were n't available . |
| 20 | Staff said they could n't afford the time to supervise him constantly.But although it may have been convenient to social workers to restrain a stroke victim in a trolley , Peter Chandler has one word to describe the experience : |
| 21 | Mortimer had emptied his Browning by now , and could n't risk the time to reload . |