Example sentences of "n't [verb] the 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 | In Britain I do n't think the time is right for it . |
| 10 | A short adventure may take several hours to complete , and that does n't count the times your character was killed and you had to start again . |
| 11 | That 's why I do n't need the time off . ’ |
| 12 | I can only imagine that shortly before the excursions a long double headed steam train must have travelled from Shrewsbury to Machynlleth , but I do n't know the times . |
| 13 | We do n't know the times in that ice rink , do we Charlotte ? |
| 14 | And which we , we were n't granted the time off , we were granted time off without pay but not paid leave . |
| 15 | Erm , specialist newspapers , I really do n't expect the Times erm , to have any effect on the F T's sale . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | He says he has n't got the time to spend — they 'll need evenings and evenings , far more than once a week . |
| 22 | Have n't got the time , |
| 23 | ‘ I have n't got the time to meet girls ’ |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 … ’ . |
| 28 | I really have n't got the time to start picking up everybody 's cleaning , I 'd better wear my blue suit … |
| 29 | Ai n't got the time for shanties . |
| 30 | If I have n't got the time I 'll make time . |