Example sentences of "[verb] n't have time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you do n't want or do n't have time to haggle , ’ says Mr Latif , ‘ you should make sure you buy your carpet , your jewellery , or your woodwork from a fixed-price store . |
| 2 | Pity I did n't have time to make bouillabaisse . |
| 3 | We did n't have time to play on the beach or in the streets with the other kids . |
| 4 | Tony did n't have time to waste booking him as a support act or doing a club circuit or anything like that . |
| 5 | ‘ Most of the time we were so busy rushing the posters out that we did n't have time to read them or think about what they said , ’ said Mr Mark Roblett , 27 , the elder of the two brothers whose south London company came to the aid of both parties . |
| 6 | Just before Christmas I had to go to Windsor , and did n't have time to get to the surgery to fill up . |
| 7 | ‘ I received it as I came out this morning and I did n't have time to open it . ’ |
| 8 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 9 | ‘ The band had only been together a couple of months before we started recording that album , so we did n't have time to think about it too much — we just went in and did it . |
| 10 | I should say at this point that the channel 1 ‘ clip ’ indicator on this example does n't work , although you ca n't blame the British distributors , as we were in such a rush to lay hands on the Acousticube that they did n't have time to check it ( also , pushing the Line/Mic button on channel 2 produces a large bang through the speaker ) . |
| 11 | Besides , I cleaned the windows on Fridays , so I did n't have time . |
| 12 | I suppose she was doing so much she did n't have time to write . |
| 13 | John Barrett , who succeeded his lifelong friend as the BBC 's senior tennis commentator , said : ‘ It 's so sad that he did n't have time to enjoy his retirement . |
| 14 | I was at Leeds and Newcastle for just a year and you did n't have time to get your boots dirty . ’ |
| 15 | We did n't have time to get to know one another well . |
| 16 | ‘ Five of the grandchildren went to Euro Disney on a school trip and loved it but did n't have time to really do it justice . |
| 17 | Mr Appleby said he was told that one problem was that the crew did n't have time to clear the ferry properly because of the tight turnaround schedule en route . |
| 18 | ‘ I know but I did n't have time . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Cis was so busy , ’ said a neighbour , ‘ she did n't have time to cough . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't have time to call you before catching a flight — but I felt I had to call INCUBUS . |
| 21 | Let's hope it did n't have time to communicate any of its findings to its overlords . ’ |
| 22 | The majority , which I did n't have time to scan , appeared designed for juvenile rather than adult readers . |
| 23 | She had to learn how to gut and salt fish , pour a pint of ale , stack wheat and gather shellfish from the rocks and snails from the hedgerows , and did n't have time to bother with figures or letters . |
| 24 | Defries did n't have time for talk . |
| 25 | She could n't see him , but she did n't have time to consider many options . |
| 26 | Now , she had senile dementia , now the hospital helped a lot in the caring , but I did n't have time , or the energy , ha , frankly |
| 27 | the fact just a a question of the bloke did n't have time . |
| 28 | I did n't have time to fix it . |
| 29 | ‘ He did n't have time to kill me , so he kissed me . ’ |
| 30 | She did n't have time to more than glance at it before two pairs of strong hands lifted her from the stools , and placed her unceremoniously on a table top . |