Example sentences of "have be a waste [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I guess the performance of the instruments will have to validate the name , because if these guitars err on the trashy side , that will have been a waste of rather a neat moniker … |
2 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
3 | I 'm glad Durham seem pleased with the way it worked out , but it will have been a waste of time for me if I do n't do well in Sri Lanka and in the home series against West Indies . |
4 | It would have been a waste of time . ’ |
5 | With a reply like that it would have been a waste of time and effort to pursue the issue . |
6 | Wanting what you could n't have was a waste of time . |