Example sentences of "[not/n't] spend time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Although we will not spend time on it , ‘ external culture ’ enters our sample firm in the form of enormous variety — personnel on a production line speaking ten or more languages other than English , for instance . |
| 3 | You do n't not spend time on someone just because they are n't about any longer . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , Jens and Hanne are dairy farmers and can not spend time away from their stock to find him and try to make him see sense . ’ |
| 5 | There were other stated symptoms , too , including singing or chanting odd songs — and what child has not spent time happily singing something totally incomprehensible to a parent ? |
| 6 | A great deal of pressure is then put on the social worker to act in the way the majority want , and not spend time listening to what the client wants . |
| 7 | ACET volunteers work as part of a team and provide help in many different ways to ensure that people do n't spend time in hospital unnecessarily . |
| 8 | This was not to say that he did n't spend time with the army , lending vigorous help as the trains of oxen dragged the batteries into position , and the wagonloads of food and fodder , weapons and powder bumped fifty miles south-east from Kyrenia to where Famagusta lay , lodged in its bay , divided by ninety broad sea miles from Syria . |