Example sentences of "not [verb] much time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been known for a tough roadman-sprinter to control the race in these big hills , not to lose much time on the Ballon , then rejoin the leading group , dominate them on the long downhill run into Mulhouse and win the stage . |
| 2 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |
| 3 | He had not had much time or energy to expend on such matters , and was quite happy to cover familiar , or at least already prepared , ground . |
| 4 | I have been on to-day , so I have not had much time , I have wrote to G. Titman to-night . |
| 5 | It is probable that we ask permission to use certain shots in the production , and as we have not got much time before the edit , I wonder if you could let us have 1″ PAL copies of these three films ? |
| 6 | ‘ I am devastated by what is going on — I have not got much time left and I want to spend it here , ’ said Gladys , who got the Queen 's Medal for her work with the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service . |
| 7 | However , You 've not got much time to get your teams in to me . |
| 8 | ‘ No , he 's not got much time for anything but work . |
| 9 | Although we need not spend much time on it , it is important to be clear that Marxism is atheistic . |
| 10 | Feminist psychologists acknowledge that low-status , female-identified traits , like nurturance and sociability , are also important for both sexes ; but they do not spend much time comparing men with women on these traits . |
| 11 | Finding no answers , partly because they do not spend much time looking for them , they assume that it can not be true ; the differences must be ‘ sufficiently deep and of sufficient significance to warrant , at least in a literate society , the continued emphasis on schooling and the acquisition of literacy ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 12 | As a profession , we in medicine do not spend much time thinking about our philosophy . |
| 13 | We will not spend much time on the syllabic pronunciation of these consonants . |
| 14 | Mr Young does not have much time for fancy patterns with three dimensional ‘ fiddly ’ bits . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher did not have much time for the body and abolished it after the election victory in 1983 — an example perhaps of her dislike for so-called ‘ professional ’ advice that purports to be above party politics . |
| 16 | I am not quite sure who it was I sat next to because I am such a slow eater that I did not have much time for conversation . |
| 17 | But she did n't have to ask : Comrade Andrew did not have much time for Jasper . |
| 18 | She did not have much time and believed it would have saved his job . |
| 19 | We did not have much time to smarten up the old girl and it took much hard work to soften the ravages of time . |
| 20 | The new Prime Minister Mrs Tansu Ciller is a self confessed disciple of Margaret Thatcher , and as such may not have much time for a liberalisation of sexual attitudes . |
| 21 | This time no expression came over their faces and he knew they did not have much time to live . |
| 22 | The calculations are , as you will see from the examples in this guide , simple to make and should not take much time . |
| 23 | This does not take much time and it will be something that you will continue after this preparation phase is over . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't regret not having much time to pamper myself in the bathroom , as the inclination is n't there . |
| 25 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
| 26 | It had not left much time to arrange for a reception committee . |
| 27 | Insp Butler 's hobbies are tracing family trees and watching cricket , although he admits nowadays he does not get much time for either . |
| 28 | As far as farmers are concerned time was a very valuable commodity and many of them , particularly in the winter period , could not afford much time away . |
| 29 | But he did not waste much time . |
| 30 | Summers will not waste much time over the appointment . |