Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas Meehan , one-time caretaker of the Bartram Garden , stressed his early dedication , ‘ So earnest was John Bartram in the pursuit of learning that he could scarcely spare time to eat and might often have been seen with food in one hand and a book in the other . |
| 2 | Almost two centuries later it was being proposed that in much the same way every Spanish ambassador should have assigned to him a son or younger brother " to assist him as a comrade in his work " , be instructed in the conduct of embassy business and handle matters the ambassador himself could not spare time for , with the implication that he might well succeed to the post if it fell vacant . |
| 3 | As Prime Minister I could not waste time having any internal arguments ’ or ‘ Yes , I do drive through things which I believe in passionately — what else do you expect of a Prime Minister ? |
| 4 | As Prime Minister I could not waste time having any internal arguments . |
| 5 | Otto was a busy man , he could not take time off when he wanted . |
| 6 | To the region 's Labour MPs who did support the Bill , the compliments of many ; a conscience brickbat to those ( my own included ) who just could not find time to do so . |
| 7 | Because no-one who so meticulously completes a task such as compiling this directory annually could possibly find time to emerge into sunlight , or to eat . |
| 8 | So much information was gathered that the professionals could hardly find time to analyse it . |
| 9 | Gabriel could always find time for a little flirtation . |
| 10 | He could n't dismiss the images , he could n't stay Time 's hand as it turned page after page of that memory-album until tears flooded his eyes at the scenes recalled : his mother , her brown hair screwed into a bun at the back of her head , taking him to see a house at Edgeworthstown where she said a famous woman writer had lived ; he had n't paid much attention , not being interested in books then , but when he grew older he read Maria Edgeworth 's novels and went again for himself to gaze at her home . |
| 11 | He could n't waste time in useless persuasion . |
| 12 | ‘ As Prime Minister , I could n't waste time having any internal arguments . |
| 13 | Lucy could n't find time to come over for an evening ; the globally significant exhibition was floating on some remote iceberg ; Jeremy had an agent , an opening ; Lucy 's sister was ill and needed her ( Jay recalled Lucy 's exasperated indifference to her sister ) ; the painters were coming . |
| 14 | Significantly , the journalists who could n't find time to come , were those Fleet Street hacks with famous names who write most noisily on the pros and cons of optic fibre for the cabling of Britain . |
| 15 | But not too concerned that he could n't find time to drop into Simon Butcher 's to have his picture taken . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm mad because I had the money for them but I just could n't get time to shop with the hours we 've been working . ’ |