Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right I 'm not giving you long to do this do n't waste time . |
| 2 | ‘ If you do n't want or do n't have time to haggle , ’ says Mr Latif , ‘ you should make sure you buy your carpet , your jewellery , or your woodwork from a fixed-price store . |
| 3 | But doing so takes time , so there will still be a gap in which to organise orderly realignments . |
| 4 | ‘ My pulse , as yours , doth temperately keep time ’ , OMF iv , 16 . |
| 5 | The other sense of type did not involve time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Doyle did not waste time smiling . |
| 8 | He apologized and explained , but she did not waste time in argument . |
| 9 | Nutty did not waste time . |
| 10 | But fortunately his present associates in the adult world , Biddy and Knacker Bean and Sergeant Potter , did not waste time questioning one 's motives like old Sylvester ; they just got on with the job in hand . |
| 11 | She did not waste time thinking it could be Oliver whose quiet movement she had sensed in the bedroom . |
| 12 | He did not waste time describing his route to the truth . |
| 13 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 14 | Hodkinson , did not waste time searching out his French opponent . |
| 15 | Roland had never been much interested in Randolph Henry Ash 's vanished body ; he did not spend time visiting his house in Russell Street , or sitting where he had sat , on stone garden seats ; that was Cropper 's style . |
| 16 | It could not be suggested that these justices in the instant case did not take time to consider the matter and it is not suggested , nor could it be , that they did not take a great deal of care in carrying out their duties . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Three o'clock — I just finish off everything that I did not have time to do . |
| 19 | The organ grinder , however , did not have time to answer , because the drunken women had pushed his organ which began to roll down the hill . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He did not have time to dwell on the finer points of policy detail , and despite Kirk 's Ron-concurrence " he would have to send his telegram . |
| 22 | But I did not have time to talk to them all day ; I had my work to do . |
| 23 | I did not have time to consider . |
| 24 | She did not have time to dodge it . |
| 25 | She knew from experience that if she started a conversation with the girls about anything other than business , it could go on for ever , and Christina did not have time to listen to Todney 's domestic problems this morning . |
| 26 | They had a lot of gardening and planning to do and Mary did not have time to visit Colin that day . |
| 27 | The Englishmen did not have time to put their delaying tactics to the test , because the islanders struck , in greater numbers than ever before , and armed with muskets and other stolen firepower . |
| 28 | Over her shoulder , lying on the black leather upholstery of the back seat , he could see a black velour trilby which was vaguely familiar , though for the moment he did not have time to sort out exactly why or how . |
| 29 | Tess did not have time to answer . |
| 30 | He did not have time to study any more , and the long hours of work on the farm made him tired and dull . |