Example sentences of "n't [verb] [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Foggerty was agreeably surprised , but when Nutty reminded him of the standard required , he relapsed into grim gloom and stood on the side of the bath in his white T-shirt and jeans looking at his watch and saying , ‘ I ca n't spare the time to do this three nights a week for the next year , which is what is required . |
2 | I wo n't do defended cases because I ca n't spare the time , not because I do n't feel competent . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | ‘ I just i n't 'ad the time . ’ |
6 | He says that the children are responding to a need in themselves , and believes that many adults do n't make the time to slow down and think about what they really need . |
7 | If you do n't make the time for training due to the work , pressures or deadlines or backlogs , and if you 're not training others they make mistakes do n't they ? |
8 | Cos they do n't want the time , they do n't want two hours dragging about on their legs . |
9 | You must n't think every time you 're tired or ca n't sleep that it 's this thing starting up again . |
10 | In Britain I do n't think the time is right for it . |
11 | That 's why I do n't need the time off . ’ |
12 | And which we , we were n't granted the time off , we were granted time off without pay but not paid leave . |
13 | When you ca n't do the time , do n't do the crime turn to criminology you must be prepared to accept the punishment when they get caught |
14 | In the old films erm the saying was from one conduct to another , ‘ Do n't do the crime if you ca n't do the time . ’ |
15 | The date is on the twenty eighth of March and the location will be at Hall and it will be it does n't give a time but it will be an evening meeting . |
16 | Erm well coal er is quite a dirty fuel when it 's burnt erm D Didcot power station er this is the sort of pollution you get from Didcot power station , it does n't give the time on there er you might be surprised to , to realize that 's actually er per day erm that 's the amount of pollution you get per day from a large coalfired power station . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | you 'd be expected to , to do a lot of work by yourself , and that 's reflecting the fact that erm you 'll probably have four or five lessons in each of your three subjects , but most people would choose three subjects for A level , and that means that er , when you 're not having lessons , you 've got a lot of time that is not accountable for , you will have been , or going to a general studies period and stuff like that , but there will be a fair number of private study periods , erm , there are some people I think who , who go overboard , and you 've got such a different approach erm from er the lower sixth , people do n't use the time that they have , erm , what I 'm really saying is that if you go into the sixth form and you spend less school time in the sixth form you do n't need to be prepared |
19 | He says he has n't got the time to spend — they 'll need evenings and evenings , far more than once a week . |
20 | Have n't got the time , |
21 | ‘ I have n't got the time to meet girls ’ |
22 | 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 . ’ |
23 | 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 ! |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 … ’ . |
26 | I really have n't got the time to start picking up everybody 's cleaning , I 'd better wear my blue suit … |
27 | Ai n't got the time for shanties . |
28 | If I have n't got the time I 'll make time . |
29 | 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 ? |
30 | If you want to do it you have n't really got you probably have n't got the time . |