Example sentences of "not [vb pp] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Babur rings Keith and tells Keith he is the only one who has not arranged the time off yet . |
| 2 | If he met anyone he could say , with perfect truthfulness , that he had been absorbed in correcting students ' essays and had not realised the time until it was after five o'clock ? |
| 3 | Because teachers often can not answer the question of why they teach as they do and because they refer to statements such as that they just know what to do or have a feeling or sense about what to do , it has been suggested that what guides teachers in making sense of their work and what commits them to action is a mixture of " personal knowledge , tacit knowledge , routine knowledge … when conscious thought is not permitted the time to percolate and inform practice " ( Simons and Elliott 1989 ) . |
| 4 | Dave is a dog lover but because of his army routine and duties , he has not had the time or lifestyle to be able to keep a dog . |
| 5 | I have not had the time or sometimes the knowledge to identify all the organisms I found , but the species list to date ( Tables I and 2 ) totals 1731 . |
| 6 | Another , closely related , hypothesis is that at the end of each day we have in our unconscious a sort of ragbag of bits and pieces of experience which our conscious mind has not had the time , opportunity or inclination to process ; once again , the function of the dream is to deal with this material . |
| 7 | ‘ Tomorrow we will look for a house to rent but as I only arrived in London this morning I have not had the time . |
| 8 | ‘ I have not had the time to devote to business lately , but now that my grandmother is feeling better … ’ |
| 9 | because she 's just not got the time |
| 10 | have not got the time to be doing |
| 11 | They had not reached the time for sharing out . |
| 12 | They had not taken the time to find out that it was actually the women who traditionally grew the rice for domestic consumption and then exchanged the surplus for other goods or services . |
| 13 | She felt he was looking at her professionally now : a woman who had only had two cups of coffee for breakfast , who had not gone shopping or taken herself out to lunch as she had planned , who , in the old days , never seemed to waste a minute , who never laid down in the middle of the day and yet was now stretched out on the bed , inert , apathetic , openly admitting that she had n't realised the time . |
| 14 | And which we , we were n't granted the time off , we were granted time off without pay but not paid leave . |
| 15 | He says he has n't got the time to spend — they 'll need evenings and evenings , far more than once a week . |
| 16 | Have n't got the time , |
| 17 | ‘ I have n't got the time to meet girls ’ |
| 18 | As sprinter Mike MacFarlane said of his parents ' total lack of encouragement : ‘ It was 'cause they had n't got the time to think about it . ’ |
| 19 | And conversely , if you find that you 're just not a dab hand at paint techniques , or have n't got the time to find out , there are now quite a few wallpapers available which reproduce the effects , but require not painting : just hang , and you have instant sponged , rag-rolled or marbled walls ! |
| 20 | I 'm very aware there 's lots of johs I ought to do — I used to be pretty thorough — and there are things I have n't got the time to do . |
| 21 | And she said , ‘ You know , I 'll have to look in this trunk here , but I have n't got the time , I must be off now … ’ . |
| 22 | I really have n't got the time to start picking up everybody 's cleaning , I 'd better wear my blue suit … |
| 23 | Ai n't got the time for shanties . |
| 24 | If I have n't got the time I 'll make time . |
| 25 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
| 26 | If you want to do it you have n't really got you probably have n't got the time . |
| 27 | Have n't got the time . |
| 28 | Charlton 's has n't got the time or inclination to wonder what Billy Bingham is thinking about in the run-up to Wednesday 's big game . |
| 29 | ‘ She had n't got the time ! |
| 30 | Get a definition in , get an application in , get empirical evidence in , get measurement problems in erm , get sort of contentious issues type of , or criticisms in erm , do n't draw , do n't do diagrams as they 're probably , the only , the only principal difference between this and an essay , you just have n't got the time , right , so do n't be tempted , unless you can do a very quick diagram that sum , sums it up . |